I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.

Everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast.

Television is basically teaching whether you want it to or not.

Your work is not your job. Your job is what they pay you to do; your work is what you were born to do.

I hope you lay down in your sleep and you choke on every lie you told

I'm not angry at anyone.

Sometimes life coughs up coincidences no writer of fiction would dare copy.

All my words are but chaff next to the faith of a simple man.

Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.