For every person who closed the door in my face, thank you. For every person who told me I wasn’t good enough, thank you. For every person who laughed and told me that I was...

The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.

The word God can mean whatever you believe it to mean, for me it is the conscious stream of life from which we all come, and to which we can stayconnected throughout our lives as...

Words can create, words give life, words can build, words can destroy. Words can bring something out of nothing. What are you saying?

What you’ve done isn’t the only thing that defines who you are. Words are just as powerful as action. They can aspire action in others, can’t they?

I challenge you today to go past fear, doubt, worry and the darkness, and Turn On your Light, Allow the Spark to Light your candle and when you have done so and basked in the...

Because the world is so corrupted, misspoken, unstable, exaggerated and unfair, one should trust only what one can experience with one’s own senses, and THIS makes the senses stronger in Italy than anywhere in Europe....

The harder you work, The luckier you get, Also know that hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but it improves its chances.

It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.

When you follow your desires, your fears fade.

If there’s a will, there’s a way!I feel larger than LIFE–and look up to the stars who shine down on me and have become my own personal cheerleaders….as my fingers tap on my computer late...

Life is the only thing which can never be replaced when lost.

Don’t settle for being an option; become a priority.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.

Your inner nature is your kind nature, when you give unconditionally, when you are inspired or feel truly motivated and full of vitality

I love you. That never changed eversince that day you walked right in front of me.

I don’t want to be interesting. I want to be good.

FAILING IS A PART OF LEARNING.

To be human is necessarily to be a vulnerable risk-taker; to be a courageous human is to be good at it

No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.

We all get lots of people. And maybe we don’t always get to have them the exact way we want them, but if we can figure out a way to compromise, you know, then we...

Make sure you test your brand story’s recipe with whomever you’re cooking it for.

One might say my life has been tragic. Yet, as I sat in pain in the hospital I raised my tired hands toward the sky, palms facing in, fingers spread, and I gave thanks.

Be thankful for your achievements; be thankful for your accomplishments, no matter how big or small. Be thankful for the mind to complete the accomplishments. Be thankful for your past, present, and future. And know...

You have to know the value of nothing before the value of something

Your father, Jo. He never loses patience,–never doubts or complains,–but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully, that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him. He helped and comforted me, and showed me...

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

My life is more than a waiting period; it is an expedition. How I perceive it, and how I improve upon it is solely up to me.

Always see the good in everyone…learn to see through God’s eyes no matter what…remember, the tables may turn tomorrow. You just never know!

Forgiveness is another way of saying, “I need to mind my own business.

(Everyday life is like a sack: with holes. And you carry it anyway.)

Those who don’t value their words, will never value your wishes.

Pain doesn’t last. And when it’s gone, we have something to show for it. Growth.

There is no good day or bad day, only good or bad actions.

The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think...

A doctor, a teacher and a politician have no caste.

The deepness of your mind produces the thickness of your thoughts.

Pages entertain me more than pictures do.

Sometimes all it takes is one Deep Breath and everything falls into place.

Sell your materials but save your morals.

what is the use of a book,’ thought Alice, ‘without pictures or conversations?'”- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, Ch. 1

Consistency is good, but progress is better.

Writers and artists know that ethereal moment, when just one, fleeting something–a chill, an echo, the click of a lamp, a question—-ignites the flame of an entire work that blazes suddenly into consciousness.

Let people stick to their philosophy, you stick to your passion.

I just want your voice aimed at me again. I want to absorb the direction of your eyes…

I turn to Willa Cather’s quote: Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the...

But I love you and I want you and I need you. Can’t you see that? This world has nothing to offer me if it doesn’t include you.

Don’t compete with your friends to win a date with few beautiful girls, but compete to win few beautiful goals.

When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.