I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate, and all the things that I aspired to becoming.

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.

I'm generally a happy person -with the help of antidepressants, that is- so there is something to be said for surrounding myself with happy people.

I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.

All the recognizable cliques came by, and so did those un-groupable stragglers who were known by their little circles of two or three.

Now we shall both be alone, and I shall have no way of making you understand.' 'I don't want to make it easier for you,' I said; 'I hope your heart may break; but I do understand.

Our willingness to be used as God's vessels can make His Father-heart a reality to our hurting world.

The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.

I gave in to life. I was not defeated but outplayed.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

I've taken my bumps and bruises, but you've got to be willing to get knocked down and pick yourself up. You can't get discouraged. You can't lose sight of what your goals are.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.