Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.

The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.

Each person has a sacred potential for a specific purpose.

Sure, I know that I cannot speak in proper English. I know that I can't sing in proper English. I don't care.

You get what you work for, not what you wish for.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

I am confident, with the leadership and the backing of the American people, President Obama will turn this country around.

In poetry compromise is fatal. In action of any cooperative sort it is inevitable. The thing is to find the balance.

I don't think we're doing an adequate vetting process of those who are coming to our country.

By thinking you are cleverer and more talented than your buddies, many a career has been blotted.

it is true that nothing is gained without something being lost: everyone knows that in fulfilling oneself one necessarily sacrifices some possibilities.

Mental illness, of course, is not literally a "thing" - or physical object - and hence it can "exist" only in the same sort of way in which other theoretical concepts exist.