We do make a difference - one way or the other. We are responsible for the impact of our lives. Whatever we do with whatever we have, we leave behind us a legacy for those who follow.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Whatever your mind can conceive and can believe, it can achieve

I admire vegetarians who refuse to eat nothing but vegetables in their homes, but I also admire those who put aside those principles or those preferences when they travel. Just to be a good guest.

Every medium - oral, written, print, and now electronic - has its own associated thought patterns and mind sets.

I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.

If you focus on success, you’ll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.

My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant.

If I had cared about her as I should have, as I thought I did, how could I have let her go?

Reading has made such a profound difference to my life. I'm sure I became a writer because of the power of literature in my own life.

When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a precious treasure.

Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.