Unfortunate events though potentially a source of anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is the outcome depends on your response.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

He has so many creations, and yet He never forgets me, but I only have One Creator, and I’ve forgotten him countless times.

My next climb is going to be a tourist troll in a wheelchair.

I don't label myself one way or another. I love who I love; it's the person that matters.

The only healing I’ve ever known is getting back in that race car — for all us racers.

I just want to find somebody special, somebody that I click with.

And as well as I dream, I reason if I want, for that's just another kind of dream.

I'm quite a private person and I like my work to do the talking.

It’s got to be some kind of cult. Anyone offers you Kool-Aid or a hot shower, say no.

The cat is a character of being, the dog, a character of doing.

God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.