Happiness is not determined by what's happening around you, but rather what's happening inside you. Most people depend on others to gain happiness, but the truth is, it always comes from within.

Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion; today is special.

Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.

You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are now.

Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you.

Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money.

Making a hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side even when hundreds are against you.

If a person wants to be a part of your life, they will make an obvious effort to do so. Think twice before reserving a space in your heart for people who do not make an effort to stay.

If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you're fooling yourself. That's like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn't eat him.

Be happy. Be yourself. If others don't like it, then let them be. Happiness is a choice. Life isn't about pleasing everybody.

When someone tells you, "You've changed," it might simply be because you've stopped living your life their way.

I love being high. High on Life, High on Love, High on Hope, and High on Faith.

I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.

I'm going to move forward, facing in your direction with all my might.

In show business the key word is honesty. Once you've learned to fake that the rest is easy.

I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was. (on Manchester City)

Don't get me wrong-painting's all right. But now that we have photography, what's the point?

Pretend all you want, pretty girl. You and I know that deep down you’re secretly glad to be pressed up to my body.

Every time we speak, we choose and use one of four basic communication styles: assertive, aggressive, passive and passive-aggressive.

Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.

Self-negation is noble, self-culture beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared with self-abuse.