The idea of self-reliance is important to me, and that is echoed, in my way of thinking, by a conservative approach to politics.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

My life is a party thrown for me by my own decisions.

Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.

I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.

The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge.

I was brought up to never lie. Sure, I have. But in the final mix, the lies I've told are far outweighed by the truths I've lived.

The mark of a man is one who knows he can' control his circumstances - but he can control his responses.

I went and did some things [rehab], and then of course my life didn't change that much [for a while], but I never missed work.

I don't know if I'm addicted to fame; fame is more of an unpleasant circumstance of an addiction to creativity.

Train your mind to see the opportunity in every adversity.

I want to reach the top with it all--business, family and faith!

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.

Feeling lost? Take a dream and convert it into small goals, then start taking the steps to hit those goals.

Learn to be one with who you are in Reality, and the waves of a thousand passing worlds cannot wash you away.

I don't play video games.

Nature as a whole is a progressive realization of purpose strictly comparable to the realization of purpose in any single plant or animal.

And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's.

- Just do you know, Lenny this isn't a date. - Then what is it? - It's me falling sorry for you, because you're such a loser.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.