Make the decision that you'll no longer use excuses to keep you from what you know is in your best interest. Today, act on something you've always avoided and explained away with a convenient excuse. Make a phone call you've been putting off, write a letter to a friend, put on a pair of walking shoes and go for a stroll, clean out your closet—do something you've been justifying not doing with excuses.

Fear of the unknown... They are afraid of new ideas... They are loaded with prejudices, not based upon anything in reality, but based on... "If something is new, I reject it immediately because it's frightening to me." What they do instead is just stay with the familiar. You know, to me, the most beautiful things in all the universe, are the most mysterious.

Don't let tobacco companies make the choices for you... they care about their own well-being, not yours

Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.

When you stop needing more of everything, more of what you desire seems to arrive in your life.

Always keeping in mind that you become what you think about, be very careful about any thoughts you harbor that involve doubt.

Don't die with your music (stories/talents) still inside you. Listen to your intuitive inner voice and find what passion stirs your soul.