How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry.

Jihad is misused by fundamentalists. The Quranic meaning is not meant for war at all, in the sense of killing.

Well, my books - I think one of the hallmarks of my thrillers is that they're based in reality.

Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you-you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.

The brain writes the autobiography of our species at the conscious level.

Just as a pebble thrown into the water creates ripples, so our thoughts create similar effects on our palms.

The art of peace is medicine for a sick worldit does not rely on weapons or brute force to succeed

Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas.

She was like a mother to me...and I betrayed as a daughter will betray her mother and yet, never stop loving her.

I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of