We have absolutely no control over what happens to us in life but what we have paramount control over is how we respond to those events.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

children need love most when they don't deserve it

Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected.

Art is a profession, not a shrine.

I will not live by rules that make no sense to me

I wouldn't underestimate the power of writing a letter.

Finding is reserved for those who reach.

Just get the right syllable in the proper place.

I can't believe some of the things I did.Can't believe it. Sayin' I was the greatest and the beautifulist and I was gonna whup this guy and that guy, sayin' I'm pretty, I can't be beat.

Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL