The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

If you find yourself saying 'I can't do something', but you know it in your heart of hearts that if you do it, you're going to grow, you're going to be a better person, it's going to contribute to your family or to your kids or to something that matters, and you keep saying 'I can't do it,' there is no question—you must do it. You don't discuss it anymore. You just take immediate action... You do what's necessary.

Don't even wait until you've lost a pound. The minute you can push the plate away with food still on it, give yourself a pat on the back.

Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.

Creativity is often blocked by trying to be perfect. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the quality of your relationships.

When life's conditions don't equal your expectations you are unhappy, have no expectations only appreciations (especially in the area of relationships)