It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

We all need to learn a new language for love - a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other's uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.

Real Dreams don't require you to abandon your family, quit your job, and move to Tahiti with your paintbrush. They just require that you search your soul for that deep dream you put aside-and go for it. And watch your life light up.

Isolation is the dream killer.

Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous.

Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf

Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they're moving toward getting it.