You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. The heart will break... but broken live on.

It takes a lot of courage to be the same person on the outside that you are on the inside.

To succeed, you have to do something and be very bad at it for a while. You have to look bad before you can look really good.

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

One of the most courageous things we do is change. If everyone says you're wonderful every time you wear a red dress, and you change to yellow, that takes courage.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

That experience showed me that I-from moment to moment-am the only person in control of my connection to God. It's not that God is deciding to connect with me, depending on whether I had a good day, or did good or bad deeds. It's all up to me. God, the awareness of God, the love of God, the blessings of God-that lively ecstasy-is always there. It's me who separates from God by judging, by indulging in negativity, by criticizing myself, as well as others.