Public behavior is merely private character writ large.

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.

Don't be an escort to people on their way to success, for it is equally as if you're a sign post, leading the way, and rusting at the end.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

In marketing I've seen only one strategy that can't miss - and that is to market to your best customers first, your best prospects second and the rest of the world last.

At Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.

God, I am afraid he won't give me his answer today. If only somebody would help me - it is all so terribly depressing.

I haven't gone home with anybody who tried to pick me up in a long time.

That's one thing about Hollywood. People don't always want what's real. People always want a little more. So for me, it's a compromise. Here you go, that hyper-reality.

It would be easier to grow oak trees by planting marbles than for someone to be saved without the seed of the word.

The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.