Workaholism is an addiction, and like all addictions, it blocks creative energy.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

...if you want to add a little spice to your life, plant some dill. And learn to salsa.

Catching fish is secondary to the immeasurable joys of the watery world.

Leaders are not worried about what they can’t do

Every action (or inaction) involves a choice between what is more important and what is less important.

While we may not mind being used, we resent deeply being made to feel discarded.

If there is such a thing as sin in this world, I think it must be shutting oneself up against hope.

I have one of the original 'Ghostbusters' guns in my house.

Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another. [Lat., Nunquam aliud Natura aliud Sapientia dicit.]

I would never want the responsibility of being the prettiest girl on screen; it's too much.

The most efficient way to memorise a piece is to use the one which proceeds in an error free manner