I really created my career out of my own compulsion. Because I knew if I owned an exercise studio and I had to teach my classes there, I wasn't going to gain my weight back.

When the king gets depressed, he doesn't call for his wife. He doesn't call for the cook. He calls for the court jester.

Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to squeeze your buns. That's my formula.

No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.

I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.

No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace.

Energy is that amazing feeling that comes to life inside of you when you're happy and believe in yourself.

I've always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions.

There is no magic milkshake or workout machine. I think the real machine is your body. I do love treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, free weights.

Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.

A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.

I'm back in these regions of fumbling dark uncertain creation, but it's my one and only world, and I'll do the best I can.

There is nothing more pathetically sad than a parent who teaches a child not to hit by spanking them. Well, that, and adults who think hitting someone will solve a problem.

There is no other salvation except that which begins and ends with grace.

There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.

He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.

We’re all born idiots, and we only get over that condition as we get less young.

Having written Camp David as a drama, I could see the drama maybe a little more clearly when I wrote the book.

Naming one thing after another cannot, logically, increase the chances of the new thing turning out like the old thing.

You are a unique person, just like everybody else!!