The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.

Until we become clear about our own worth and value, we will forever be searching for it in the eyes of others.

The way to encourage people to be accountable is to engage the responsible, accountable, trustworthy part of their brain.

When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.

As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.

Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

Measure your life by how much of your time you have converted.

You can't be too careful about work. It's the most dangerous habit known to medical science.

Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual process.

It affords a violent prejudice against almost every science, that no prudent man, however sure of his principles, dares prophesy concerning any event, or foretell the remote consequences of things.

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.

I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

Death is so preoccupied with life, that is has no time for anything else.

This also, that I live, I consider a gift of God.

All humor is rooted in pain.