You can't have the fruits without the roots.

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.

Quiet, � she hissed at me, her voice shockingly aggressive for such a small person. “Otherwise, I’ll shut you up myself.

I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.

Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.

It doesn't matter if they say you can't do it. It only matters if you say you can't.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

I've actually trademarked the term 'Momager,' which is what I am.

I have half a dozen designers who work for me, they 'realise' most of the design work, and I act as the design director and the main point of client contact on each project.

Capitalism works better than it sounds, while socialism sounds better than it works.

Knowledge has come to be defined as what can be proven by secular evidence and arguments.

I never worked with Marilyn Monroe, but if she'd lived, I think she would have been all right. She would have been President of the United States.