Our beliefs are like the unquestioned commands, telling us how things are, what's possible and what's impossible, what we can and can not do.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

It's pretty simple - The Action you take will determine the results you Achieve.

Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom

The problem with telling people that they can do anything they want to do is that it is objectively, factually inaccurate. Otherwise the whole world would just be ballet dancers and pop stars.

I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.

Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behavior, and they are classic excuses.

Of my sowing such straw I reap. O human folk, why set the heart there where exclusion of partnership is necessary

Many is the mirage I chased. Always I was overreaching myself. The oftener I touched reality, the harder I bounced back to the world of illusion, which is the name for everyday life.

The best part of writing is thinking about the story. And then everything else takes a lot of discipline.

We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.

Inspiration is not purely passive, but does favor the prepared mind.