If you live in the past and allow the past to define who you are, then you never grow.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

‎The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

Feedback is to success like rest is to the body.

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.

Lux spent the ride dialing the radio for her favorite song. "It makes me crazy," she said. "You know they're playing it somewhere, but you have to find it.

Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.

The egg is the symbol of perfection. Do you want an egg?

If you are a very intelligent person, you will see this: All the realities in the universe can be changed!

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.

The changes are part of my writing process. When I write, I imagine scenes. I write things down. I take photographs. I do some casting. I rewrite. It's a permanent making or remaking.

When you get as old as I am, you start to realize that you've told most of the good stuff you know to other people anyway.

Now don't laugh 'cause I just might be...the soft curve in your hardline. (from the song "Hardliners" by Holcombe Waller)