Religion is the search for ultimate meaning.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

The giant console, high ceilings, and glass windows mean nothing than love from the heart.

While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate.

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

Few of us go through life without taking part in some kind of rite of passage.

Everything you should be an expression of your purpose. If an activity doesn't fit that formula, you wouldn't work on it. Period.

We may not all live holy lives, but we live in a world alive with holy moments.

Lisa Lampanelli lost 100 pounds, but that's because she was poached for ivory.

The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children.

Moralism doesn't produce morality; it produces immorality.