Take responsibility for making conscious choices.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive.

Miracles happen when expectation meets faith.

I have noticed that the solar radiation reflections from rippled privacy windows cause greatly accelerated growth patterns in plants

When you're ashamed of their action, to ask them the reason of their actions can make you a fool.

I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with people, but I do just love doing my own thing.

Please will you do my job for me.

The West in its modern form since 1945 is a miracle, and that's in our American interests. It's its good that the West is strong and at peace, and we should want more of that, not less.

There are some things you can't learn at any university, except for one, the University of Life... the only college where everyone is a permanent student.

The writing can be its own reward, as you discover more things that you can do. It counts a lot, though, when a story connects with a reader and they take the time to tell me about it.

The Lord shapes the back to bear the burden placed upon it.