Everyone loves to talk - but few have perfected the art of listening.

If you radiate a genuine confidence in your actions, others tend to believe in your goals as well. If you don't believe in your desired outcome, why should the rest of the world ?

If you focus on the reason why you should reach your goal you will put yourself in a more confident mindset.

A good way to empower yourself before a big moment is to write down 10 reasons why a person would want to say yes to your suggestion or ideas.

Meditation lowers the stress level and also strengthens your mental strength and focus, creativity and memory, qualities which are crucial to good conversations and building relationships.

If your thoughts, words and actions are congruent you come off to others as authentic and self-assured. Others will respond to you as you truly are.

Most people fail to be congruent because they don't want to show weakness. But typically best friends know your worst and most unattractive moments.

If you do what you are really passionate about you will be attractive to others.

Stop looking for validation from others. If you do things because you genuinely want them you free yourself up to pursue interests and hobbies that you may never have considered before.

Take back control of your self-image by worrying less about what others think of you and more about who you really are and how much you are enjoying life.

Most people are eager to make a connection and talk too much, however it's in listening that you come to truly understand a person and what makes them tick.

Listening opens your mind, strengthens your sense of empathy and develops your ability to connect.

Your most important and long-lasting relationship is the one that you have with yourself.

To accept the fact that not everyone will like you can be tremendously freeing. Rejection is rarely about your defects more often two persons simply don't mesh well. Then it's better to put time and energy into other relationships.

It makes her instantly feel something It’s easy to respond to It’s creative and/or humorous

I don't think I'm going to change jobs at this point.

I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.

This is courtship all the world over the man all tongue the woman all ears.

Whoever is trying to bring you down, is already below you.

We've made science experiments of ourselves and our children.

I like forms that are flexible, that can let you feel creative.

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

I always loved cars. I used to play 'Need for Speed' all the time... any racing game.

The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.

I dress myself, not to impress, but for comfort and for style.

I came from a real working-class show business family.

It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.

When I was in high school, I ran hurdles, but I was really short, so I'd barely clear them. I was pretty quick, but I had little legs, so I had to take 50 steps in between each hurdle.

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all the other pleasures are.

If we say, 'The government sucks,' we're kind of saying that we suck.

It's not as if I can just pop on my show and be rude if I've had a hard day.

In the end, being the writer on set is a bit like having organised a big party, but you're not allowed to eat or drink anything. You just have to stand in the corner.

A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.

I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school.

It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.

I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.

American husbands are the best in the world no other husbands are so generous to their wives or can be so easily divorced.

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category, but a pillar of the state.