If our core belief is based on what other people think, then we eventually will allow their opinions to become our reality.

The ego constantly competes with the spirit for control over your inner voice.

The process of letting go is like taking a journey to the center of your being.

Anytime there is a struggle between doing what is actually right and doing what seems right, then your ego is interfering with your decision.

We all talk to ourselves. A major key to success exists in what we say to ourselves, which helps to shape our attitude and mindset.

When you do not know how to focus your thoughts effectively, they can become scattered, miscellaneous, and fixated on "stuff negative notions, toxic relationships, and situations from the past."

Love is the foundation from which your decisions about your life should be made.

I believe it is important for people to create a healthy mental environment in which to accomplish daily tasks.

I finally learned to live in the present and focus only on what I want rather than what I don't want.

Long-lasting change that will help you create new habits and actions requires an inside-out approach, as well as two very important tools: the mirror and time.

Fear stimulates us to take action and can be our friend, but if you act as though fear is not there-if you deny it-it will build and create barriers.

The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

When you are in psychological distress and someone really hears you without passing judgement on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good!

Since when do you look out for me? You really have grown up.""Had to happen sometime, " I say.

My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.

The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.

To ward off a feeling of failure, she joked that she could wallpaper her bathroom with rejection slips, which she chose not to see as messages to stop, but rather as tickets to the game.

All the records I've put out have had either artwork that I did while I was young or something that my Dad painted.

She turned the key, never taking her eyes from him.

Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.