The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through warmth.

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.

I cannot lament the loss of a love or a friendship without meditating that one loses only what one really never had.

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. Whenonce gone no gold can buy them back again.

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.

If you cultivate a relationship in a genuine, thoughtful way, people will be more inclined to want to help you even though they don't have to help you.

An 'I' without a body is a possibility. But a body without an 'I' is utterly impossible.

I think we've been a lot more disciplined with our bowling. Our batting at times has been more disciplined as well.

Not everybody is cookie-cutter. You just can't be. There are too many variables in life.

I have found that the richest people I know are also the nicest.

First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to throw me a pass.