If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

Are you the only human in the world then? And all of the rest of us monsters?

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

It seems to me that when I see nature I see it ready-made, completely written - but then, try to do it!

We worshipped in the temple of cutthroat competition, and so some cooked the books, because the treasure is so great.

I worked nightclubs all through my 20s, and I was a teetotaler.

It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity.

When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it.

I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello.

Growing up, I would say Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew were definite role models for me. Historically, I know Amelia Earhart stands out for me.

There can be no greater good than the quest for peace, and no finer purpose than the preservation of freedom.