It gets a lot easier to deal with life's curveballs when you're not hiding under layers of fat.

Stop seeing the obstacles you face as reasons why you can't do something. See them as a reason why you can. And celebrate your accomplishments on a daily basis.

Getting enough sleep can be just as important as working out.

Big, sweeping life changes really boil down to small, everyday decisions.

In order to truly give to others, you have to give to yourself first.

You just have to start putting one foot in front of the other, making an effort to get healthy every day.

The only battle to win is the battle within, that place where we realize that we deserve to have and create all that we want in our lives.

When weight loss becomes a goal in your life, eating right and exercising are just two pieces of the puzzle. Figuring out why you've put on the extra weight is the hardest part.

You have to track every single thing you eat if you want to keep posting big numbers on the scale each week.

Making excuses is not going to get me any closer to my goals.

Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal.

You don't have the right to complain about your life if you're not willing to change it

Like I said, hearts can be tricky things. Sometimes gender doesn't matter when two souls connect.

We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.

He was slowly starting to recover. I could tell by the eye roll and sigh. Oh, so only he could be a comedian?

Whenever I have free time, I love to just lay in my bed and watch YouTube videos, watch movies. Just basically do nothing.

Praise is a powerful people-builder. Catch individuals doing something right.

As I get close to my election, I want to spend more time in my district and focus on my reelection.

Tough times never last, but tough people do. You might add, "You're tougher than you give yourself credit for."

The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient; the hard rock is happier still, it feels nothing: there is no pain as great as being alive, no burden heavier than that of conscious life.

Men often do things for women that they don't want to do, so that women will do things for men that they don't want to do.