We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to another-and especially yourself-I Can't, take a deep breath and say instead, My resources are otherwise engaged.

The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news.

If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.

Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream.

Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.

It is a risk to love. What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does.

To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.

When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then teach from the knowing.

Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens.

Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.

The future is called "perhaps " which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

I don't think it's possible to have a wedding without it being stressful!

People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.

I place a lot of emphasis on process and revision because I believe that all of my students can become better writers through hard work.

Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.

Trying to conceal a crime is like burying a seed in the ground.

Jesus wants to give you peace.

Creativity is what will separate the winners from the also-rans in the emerging world of business - and life.

It is another Justine Henin who will try and go out there and achieve her dream of finally winning Wimbledon.

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.