I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

Freedom and independence form my character.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.