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 retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

I didn't have to say a word. My love for him appeared upon my flesh like virgin tattooed skin.

Faith is the blind heart that sees better than an opened eye

Anything from Kipling

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time.

the best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them

I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing.

I define a diva as a woman who possesses courage, beauty, style, and confidence. Based on that definitions, I've probably got a bit more work to do.

There are probably already too many people on the planet.