Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.

Everyone and everything that shows up in our life is a reflection of something that is happening inside of us.

Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

Happy people do not demand a lot from the world because their happiness proceeds from a place deeper than the world can touch.

Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but of unlearning old limits.

The fire of purpose easily melts the icicles of obstacles.

To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.

You can capable of heroic deeds. Think well of yourself and act positively.

Be yourself, don't try to be someone else. And the right people will love you for who you are.

Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.

I have always tried to write in a simple way, using down-to-earth and not abstract words.

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness.

Use anger as a wake-up call to unmet needs.

Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.

I enjoy doing my more intimate and less commercial pictures and also I enjoy directing.

I've always made music - pretty much since I was born.

That's the nature of my [stand-up] act: black man with a white baby.