Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Either you run the day or the day runs you..

Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Focus on the solution, not on the problem.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries.

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

Thanksgiving comes after Christmas.

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.

The longer I've been a director, the less I have to 'direct.'

In New York City, one suicide in ten is attributed to a lack of storage space.

Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.

Experience is an author's most valuable asset; experience is the thing that puts the muscle and the breath and the warm blood into the book he writes.

The first years of a child's life are too important for a child's future - their development, earnings, behavior, and health - for anyone to ignore.

I have been holding a dialogue with myself and girding myself to stand fast without running.

Think of yourself as a role model for others-showing that you can be kind, generous, loving, and rich!