'Why me?' rarely produces a positive result, while 'How can I use this?' usually leads us in the direction of turning our difficulties into a driving force to make ourselves and the world better.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

It's pretty simple - The Action you take will determine the results you Achieve.

Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

We all change, and we all feel rudderless at times. there is nothing wrong in allowing yourself to drift.~Zeke

So-called racial characteristics are not really racial at all but are due to the historical experiences of the communities in question.

I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.

It's not just a song I sing with my hand raised but also with a billfold I've laid.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.

A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against.

The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.