Durch Strategien und Zielsetzung lässt sich alles erreichen - man darf sich durch den Alltag nur nicht derart vereinnahmen lassen, so dass Ziele irgendwann nur noch zu nie erreichbaren Träumen werden.

Es ist die Sicht auf die Welt, die man ändern kann. Mann kann nur die Perspektive ändern, jedoch nicht den Kreis, in dem wir stehen.

Man gibt sich viel zu oft mit viel zu wenig zufrieden, anstatt den Ehrgeiz zu entwickeln, seine Ziele zu erreichen.

Dieses Buch hilft einem dabei, mit Kritik und Stress umzugehen und Ängste und Unzufriedenheit in positive (Erfolgs-) Energie umzuwandeln.

Man darf sich nicht von seinen Frustrationen übermannen lassen. Man darf im Leben stolpern oder hinfallen, doch das Aufstehen ist das, worum es geht.

Kontrolle bewahren und mit Ehrgeiz nach seinen Zielen greifen ist oft der Schlüssel zum Erfolg.

100-prozentige Kontrolle über die Arbeit und Terminpläne gewinnen, mit Kritik und Stress umgehen, sich von Ängsten befreien, Unzufriedenheit in Erfolgsenergie umwandeln, mehr Geld verdienen, echte Anerkennung erhalten.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

Don't write your books for people who won't like them. Give yourself wholly to the kind of book you want to write, and don't try to please readers who like something different.

You never know what could be interesting tomorrow.

Being good is not enough. You must be strong enough to face the torture of the curse of your own goodness.

If caregivers are not healthy, mentally well-balanced and spiritually sound, then those for whom they care will suffer.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

A lot of people, especially Christians, want to put you in this box of being a Christian actor, and I don't believe in it. You do yourself and everyone else a big disservice when you start thinking about it as 'Christian art.' That's why most Christian art is bad. They don't put a premium on the 'art.'

We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.

Documentary people have to know that, particularly nowadays, they have to be on a mission. And part of the mission is to - is to be like good journalists: search for the truth, have an open mind, listen to as much as you can of different sides of things.

Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.

I do still get shocked every once in a while when I catch my reflection when I'm walking past a glass building, but it's in my mind about getting older and finding out what I'm going to look like as it unfolds - or as it folds, depending on where the marks and scars land.

She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

Part of being young is you think gaining 6 lbs. is the end of the world.

I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano.

No matter what your choices are you truly have no control about what people think of you.

I know it's superficial, and you can't measure art, which is supposed to be up to the individual, but I've watched the Oscars since I was a baby with my mother.

I always grew up with, 'Question authority.'

Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created the greatest nation for people in the history of humanity. Now Obama is dismantling it, because he has no appreciation for our greatness. In fact, he resents it. He blames this country for whatever evils he sees around the world.

It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.

The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.

People after death become complete again. The blind can see, the deaf can hear, cripples are no longer crippled after all their vital signs have ceased to exist.

I grew up in baseball stadiums. It was my two brothers and baseball around me all the time. I knew nothing about film or acting or theater when I was young!

It would appear that the number of nonsense triplets is rather low, since we only occasionally come across them. However this conclusion is less secure than our other deductions about the general nature of the genetic code.

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement...all success... all achievement in real life grows.