You make up your mind before you start that sacrifice is part of the package.

One of the most powerful forces in the world is the will of men and women who believe in themselves, who dare to hope and aim high, who go confidently after the things they want from life.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.

Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.

The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose an attitude of confidence.

This is an exciting world. It is cram packed with opportunity. Great moments await around every corner.

Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.

Great moments await around every corner.

Exhilaration of life can be found only with an upward look. This is an exciting world. It is cram-packed with opportunity. Great moments wait around every corner.

Consider A MoveThe steady time of being unknown, in solitude, without friends, is not a steadiness that sustains.I hear your voice waver on the

The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don't.

Prevarication, like honesty, is reflexive, and soon becomes a sturdy habit, as reliable as truth.

My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent.

Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.

A presidential speech is always the work of many hands.

Everyone has an idea, but it's really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you with the idea.

You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important than how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

These days, insecure in our relationships and anxious about intimacy, we look to technology for ways to be in relationships and protect ourselves from them at the same time.