When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

People die from typewriters falling on their heads.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Be yourself, let you come through.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

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

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

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are