To mobilize yourself, decide what you want, determine what will get you what you want, then act - do what will get you what you want most to achieve.

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.

Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.

A decision is made with the brain. A commitment is made with the heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a decision

Success doesn't come to you; you must go to it. The trail is well traveled. If you want to walk it, you can.

You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this nothing works unless you do.

If what you're working for really matters, you'll give it all you've got.

The process of growing and learning always involves risk.

Hatred is the most destructive force on earth. It does the most damage to those who harbor it.

Goal-setting illuminates the road to success just as runway lights illuminate the landing field for an incoming aircraft

Children accept many things adults will not accept, since the world of a child is a constant revelation without any need for knowledge of cause and effect. ("Miss Esperson")

Space and heaven are looking at you with billions of eyes just to appreciate the beauty of life.

I never want to regret. 'Regret' is the ugliest word.

Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't need an education to understand it, and there's no admission fee.

Python carries his loneliness in him as if he had eaten clay.

When someone entrusts their heart to you they are giving you a piece of their soul. You cannot treat the soul casually. You must protect, nurture and handle it with care.

We ought to enjoy our food, we ought to take time and care and prepare it correctly, and we ought to have fun doing it and make it a communal event.

What a great thing! To be a writer! Words are something you can carry in your head. You can really 'travel light.'

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.

If you write beautifully, you write beautifully, that's all.