The formula is simple - do more of what is working, do less of what isn't, and try on new behaviors to see if they produce better results.

For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.

Make a conscious effort to surround yourself with positive, nourishing, and uplifting people -- people who believe in you, encourage you to go after your dreams, and applaud your victories.

Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone.

Decide what it is you want, write it down, review it constantly, and each day do something that moves you toward those goals.

You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right

There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet.

Each of us is born with a life purpose. Identifying, acknowledging, and honoring this purpose is perhaps the most important action successful people take.

When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

If you want something different, you are going to have to do something different.

Uthlubul ilma minal mahdi ila lahdi. Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. -178

You need to maximize your Gods given potential through the power of your spirit, your inner core, your values and principles on which your life is based

Inspiration awakens our creativity, enables us to do the impossible, and improves our mental efficiency. It fires up the soul.

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.

[Numbers] made me feel like a real person instead of a guy who shows up for two days on a movie, does some funny stuff, and then doesn't see anybody until the premiere.

Nothing can be done about it: every master has but a single pupil--and he will not stay loyal to him--for he is also destined to become a master.

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

I like James Franco. I think he's really cute. I remember a while ago there was a rumor going around that he was getting married and all my friends and I were freaking out. Yeah, I think he's cute!

It's nice to have a band that can adapt to whatever show we're in, so we can play on a big stage or a house show.