Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior.

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep.

My father did not teach me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it.

If the young only knew if the old only could.

Dating is different when you get older. You're not as trusting, or as eager to get back out there and expose yourself to someone.

There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy.

I'm fascinated by diamonds. When I put diamonds on, my hands start to shake.

Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. “No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!

You're born in pain and pain is what we're in most of the time. And I think that the bigger the pain, the more gods we need.

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.

I get more tired by travelling than anything.

I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.