Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them.

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.

If your soul mate comes with too much baggage, help her unpack it.

Make project plan as simple as possible, but not simpler.

If you are not getting better, you are getting left behind.

Where in the Bible does it say I have to drive a Honda?.

Shame is, hands down, the most uncomfortable feeling. And, because it produces continuous amounts of inflammatory chemicals in the body, it is also a health risk.

I have three kids. I was blessed with very supportive parents and some close friends, and the people closest to me are my inspiration.

What's happening in Russia of course is you have a country watching out for its national interest.

A visual sense is something you either have or you don't.

I was five or six when I joined SAG, and Equity I joined when I was nine.

...feminism differs from reform of any kind, even franchise reform. Feminists, I should say, are not reformers at all, but ratherintellectual biologists and psychologists.