I discovered a long time ago that if I helped people get what they wanted, I would always get what I wanted and would never have to worry.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

It's pretty simple - The Action you take will determine the results you Achieve.

Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

A nation discovers its truest dignity when it cherishes the dignity of those from whom it has not heard for a very long time.

It's knowing one's ... limitations ... and then ignoring them.

Studies find that kids who are punished are more likely to misbehave in the future. Punishment actually increases the undesired behavior.

Beauty comes from within, not from what you wear.

There is something wonderful about coming to terms with time - that it is finite. You want to have as much joy in your life as possible, and you take responsibility for your own joy.

I grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.

Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip.

Aphorisms have never seduced anybody, but they have fooled some into considering themselves worldly-wise.

To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.

I have always claimed Americans didn't want a drink as bad as they wanted the right to take a drink if they did happen to want one.