Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Dreaming isn't wasted time. The waste comes when you have these wonderful dreams, but you don't do anything to make them real.

When you come to a detour, take it.

Language is always the companion of Empire and Empire . . . is one Monarch and one Sword.

Laughter is higher than all pain.

Grief is the price of victory.

I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece.

When we feel anger toward someone, we can consider that they are a being just like us, who has faced much suffering in life.

Reading LOVE JUNKIE is like watching a sleepwalker taking a stroll on a freeway. All you can do is pray. Gorgeously written, piercingly honest.

Heaven & Hell are both creations of desire.

Reduce the stress levels in your life through relaxation techniques like meditation, deep breathing, and exercise. Youll look and feel way better for it.