As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us.

I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.

But there is a difference between cozying up to power and being close to power.

My moms always told me, ‚How long you gonna play the victim?‘ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtues consistently.

Let go of yesterday.

‚Perfection‘ to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, ‚I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.‘ I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That’s perfection.

I think there are things that are based in your own dealings with someone that is a personal dealing, not a public dealing. Because you have personal experiences.

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

Control your own destiny! Control your own destiny!

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.

To love someone means to see him as God intended him.

What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of ‚CSI‘ and ‚Grey’s Anatomy‘ episodes with pints of ice cream.

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

I love making people laugh. And I love laughing.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

My husband says I look like a Q-tip.

Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.

Love is a state of being.

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it’s time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.

Where thou art, that is home.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don’t have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I’m sure he didn’t call everybody jerks.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.

I like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

Even when a person has all of life’s comforts – good food, good shelter, a companion – he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.