There are very real obstacles and challenges to any course of action. And there's no need to add to them, by making up obstacles of your own. Unchain yourself from the bondage of your own thinking.

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares, and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment.

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.

Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything.

You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.

Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

I’d volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free.

I might have to rescind my no-love rule, " she said, a cookie in each hand. "Cookies are my sweet spot.' He smiled. "They're not your only sweet spot.

Be whoever you want to be. Party all night if you want. Just come home to me.

There are two sides of corruption: 1. Those who feel and see the corruption because they are the victim of it 2. Those who pretend there is no corruption because they are profiting from it.

Entire families work for Xerox.

There are infinite numbers of do overs for your teen girls.

Life's cares are comforts; such by Heav'n design'd; He that hath none must make them, or be wretched.

You'll understand when you've forgotten what you understood before

True forgiveness is a willingness to change your mind about your Self.

I have always regarded the development of the individual as the only legitimate goal of education.