In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

You shouldn't look too far to find people to care about or people who will care about you. Because if you stop looking, the people who do care will come looking for you.

The best about cats is they love cannot feign...

Patient endurance attends to all things.

The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.

I think having a fighter in the lead, a female fighter in the lead, is exactly what America needs.

As the consumer is the public general, without distinction of rank or fortune, the free market is the most obvious expression of the sovereignty of the people and the best guarantee of democracy.

Actors in general are pretty good bullshit artists; we're good at just chewing the fat, interacting with people. So we're good ambassadors for movies.

Men of prayer must be men of steel, for they will be assaulted by Satan even before they attempt to assault his kingdom.

I know how the Academy Awards works: It's a card game, and I'm in the toss-up category.

When you are tough on yourself, life is inevitably easy. When you are easy on yourself, life will be inevitably difficult.