Moved by a passion they do not understand for a goal they seldom reach, men and women are haunted by the vision of a distant possibility that refuses to be extinguished.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.

If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do.

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

If you face life without confidence in your own powers, you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; you lack the will to persevere.

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

You are always a student and life is your teacher. Always be curious, enthusiastic, and open to change.

A woman always wants to change her man but a man wants her to be unchanged.

Life is what it is...And even without having everything you desire...It is still gloriously beautiful...

I watched my mom and dad build everything that matters - a family, a home and a good name.

All art worthy of the name is religious.

Body is not stiff, mind is stiff.

Be not under the dominion of thine own will; it is the vice of the ignorant, who vainly presume on their own understanding.

It's nice to come into an atmosphere that's uplifting and good.

I am proud of the fact there is not a human being that I have got it in for. I never met a man I didn't like.

The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.