Many people surrender what is possible for what is comfortable.

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.

Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing.

The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream.

A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.

It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.

If you're passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.

People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.

What is really disappointing about this president is not just lack of leadership, but his tendency to always place the blame for his lack of leadership somewhere else

What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and truth.

You know, I've written many of my songs while driving - which is against the law in many cases.

I slept in the bedroom used by Sabine Baring-Goulds wife when I was researching The Moor, and later the Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor.

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.

We, performers, work on willpower. This willpower works in a short term, not durational.

After a good night sleep, I wake up the next day, and I say, 'Come on, Tea Party, let’s get it on.'