The only battle to win is the battle within, that place where we realize that we deserve to have and create all that we want in our lives.

Stop seeing the obstacles you face as reasons why you can't do something. See them as a reason why you can. And celebrate your accomplishments on a daily basis.

Getting enough sleep can be just as important as working out.

Big, sweeping life changes really boil down to small, everyday decisions.

In order to truly give to others, you have to give to yourself first.

You just have to start putting one foot in front of the other, making an effort to get healthy every day.

It gets a lot easier to deal with life's curveballs when you're not hiding under layers of fat.

When weight loss becomes a goal in your life, eating right and exercising are just two pieces of the puzzle. Figuring out why you've put on the extra weight is the hardest part.

You have to track every single thing you eat if you want to keep posting big numbers on the scale each week.

Making excuses is not going to get me any closer to my goals.

Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal.

The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.

I don't expect answers from anyone. The most I ever hope for is that here and there one may find someone who at least acknowledges the question!

I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes.

And what excites me most is the type of public, the fact that the Parisian people have a broader cultural understanding than many Americans do.

For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is.

Toward the end of his life, [Arnold] Toynby said the Christianity he saw developing was brittle, imperialistic and incapable of reforming itself.

The most universal quality is diversity.

We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government.

Our own country seemed more polarized than it's ever been and since the two terrorist attacks of 9/11, religion was in greater disrepute than at any other time in my lifetime.

Sport is not my thing.