Be a busy person. People who are active are often much more at peace with themselves than those who are inactive and inert.

Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.

We believe that God is like a giant vending machine in the sky. We put in our requests in the form of prayers, and then the vending machine dispenses these prayers based upon how well we've followed the rules that someone else has told us are God's rules.

You've been provided with a perfect body to house your soul for a few brief moments in eternity. So regardless of its size, shape, color, or any imagined infirmities, you can honor the temple that houses you by eating healthfully, exercising, listening to your body's needs, and treating it with dignity and love.

If you refuse to change your job (if you don't like it), the only sensible thing you can do is practice loving it every day.

Excuses are the explanations we use for hanging on to behaviors we don't like about ourselves; they are self-defeating behaviors we don't know how to change. InExcuses Begone! I review 18 of the most common excuses people use, such as "I'm too busy, too old, too fat, too scared or it's going to take too long or be too difficult."

It is in the contemplation of what you desire that you create what it is you want for yourself