While I believe in the power of positive thought, I do not believe that you or I can simply psyche ourselves into success or peace of mind.

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.

Women know intuitively when they are being devalued. (121)

All is well since all grows better

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

The map is not the territory (coined by Alfred Korzybski), and the name is not the thing named.

I once had a crush on one of my teachers. I wrote him a love letter and stuck it in a bag in his office. I didn’t write my name on it, but I’m sure he figured out it was me.

Let's share our abundance and make our country stronger.

My hair is my everything: my best friend, my mentor, my moral compass.

Maybe the greatness we heard in [Richard Manuel]'s voice, that catch in it, came from all that pain. To this day, we don't really know.

[The Democrats] can't stop anything. It's why everybody's so confused why they reelected [Nancy] Pelosi.

The glacier knocks in the cupboard, The desert sighs in the bed, And the crack in the teacup opens A lane to the land of the dead.