"Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly."

"Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We cansubordinate feelings to values."

"In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do."

"Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise"

"Interdependency follows independence."

"In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day."

"Live out of your imagination, not your history."

"There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles."

"A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships."

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."

"Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character."

"We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice."

"Public behavior is merely private character writ large."

"It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field."

"We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey."

"We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals."

"While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions."

"Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile"

"The ability to manage well doesn't make much difference if you're not even in the right jungle."

"Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually"

"People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value."

"Accountability breeds response-ability."

"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."

"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall."

"Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change."

"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out."

"If you value yourself, you understand that you are a gift to anyone you meet."

"The words you say to yourself create your self image."

"Forgiveness ... is a willingness to get over what you think should have happened and an acceptance of the reality of what actually happened."

"Forgiveness is not a one-time-only event. It is a process."

"Invest in the life you have to get the life you want."

"Is what I am saying loving, compassionate, kind, empowering, or insightful?"

"Trust is sacred. Honor your inner voice. Listen."

"When I am true to myself, others are given permission to do the same."

"Where you begin doesn't matter. Your willingness to start is what counts."

"Purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose."

"Being willing makes you able."

"No one can be fearless alone."

"Let go of what you think life should be so you can experience the life you have."

"Seeing people as innocent is the greatest gift you can give another human being: the gift of acceptance."

"Be loving and the love in your life will increase."

"Fear is an affirmation of your growth because it proves that you are risking."

"Mastering your fear means accepting it, owning it, and making it work for you instead of against you."

"True discipline takes heightened awareness and self-mastery.There is no such thing as sacrifice. There are only choices."

"When you live with intention, your primary focus is the process rather than the end result."

"We are contributing to the world just by being willing to be ourselves."

"Intention is living in the present, actively choosing the future while being aware that in each moment your state of mind is up to you."

"Release your attachment to the outcome. Invest fully in your intention. Stand for the truth. Keep kindness a priority."

"I am the lizard king. I can do anything."

"I'm always a bit suspicious when lyricists call themselves poets,"