Self-esteem is felt even though you may not have done anything yet, but just feel the capability for it.

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.

Virtual worlds are places of imagination that encompass practices of play, performance, creativity and ritual.

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

A printer publishes a lie: for which he ought to stand in the pillory, for the people believe in and act upon it

youth is so insatiable of happiness, and has such sublimely insane faith in its own power to make happy and be happy!

There was another war-related casualty today. The French were injured when they tried to jump on our bandwagon.

I love baking, it's the most calming thing for me. It's therapeutic, it makes the house smell good, and I get to take the goods to my friends. I do it for other people.

In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can't do both of them, you've got a problem.

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.

My goal is to connect with people emotionally. I take life’s experiences and translate them into music — music that hopefully creates an impact on the listener.