To fail is to not try at all.

Don't play the victim role, empower yourself instead. Place yourself and others around you in a position to win.

If your actions don't excite, motivate or inspire others to do better, you're doing it wrong.

To give power to that which has no bearing on one's life simply means one is not living their true life.

Poisonous people will try to destroy you when they recognize your power this is because they fear what you might become.

Embracing change can be daunting, but it is our willingness to do better that makes it worthwhile.

Loyalty to others speaks volumes about loyalty to self. To love others, one must truly love him/herself first.

Never hesitate to remove yourself from individuals or situations that threaten your peace of mind.

A comfortable and easy life leaves no room for growth. We must therefore embrace our hardships and the lessons they bring.

Your influence on others is your net worth, treat it as such.

In the vast world of supreme worriorship, courage is what separates one from the crowd.

If we lost everything except for the clothes we stood up in, would we turn to each other and think....How lucky we really were?

Grief is itself a med'cine.

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

Oh, I'm terrible at travel.

Learn to follow the quiet voice within that speaks in feelings rather than words; follow what you 'hear' inside, rather than what others may be telling you to do.

One of the things that's kind of persistent is that I am the model on the cover of Tom Waits' album, Small Change.

In my judgement, when the United States says there will be serious consequences, and if there isn't serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences.

In a world of such beauty as birds in flight, surely I can come to feel at home again, even after my loss.

Let each moment be guided by positive purpose. And let your whole life express the beauty of who you truly are.

'Are you guys busy?' Juniper asked. 'Well,' I said, 'we're in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die.' 'We're not busy,' Annabeth said.