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.

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.

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.

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

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'm Latin, for crying out loud - I can't hold anything back!

Dreams grow holy put in action.

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.

The consumer is the supreme mover of economic order for whom all goods are made and towards whom all economic activity is directed.

She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.

A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.

I don't write quickly, and I don't want to.

If you ask men about their body image they will tell you they look better than they do. And if you ask a woman shell tell you she looks worse.

I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet.

But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.

They say the Pharaohs built the pyramids Do you think one Pharaoh dropped one bead of sweat? We built the pyramids for the Pharaohs and we're building for them yet.

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

Don't stop dreaming just because you had a nightmare.

As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes. My only defense is that I'm not the only one down here in the muck - our whole culture is doting on tales of personal tragedy.

I've never been a die-hard fan, like a crazy fan for an artist.

Oh, I love Nottingham. I know some people go, 'Oh God, there's not much going off there,' but I like staying in and going round to my mum and dad's for a Sunday roast.

Brazil is my way to see the world. Being born in that country means you dont have a wall separating the physical reality from the magical reality.

I'm an action player. I like to be aggressive. I don't like to be on the run. I like to feel like I have the fates in my hands and that through my skill or lack thereof I control my fate.

Don't get me wrong - I love London, and still have an apartment there.

Roman Polanski is one of my favorite filmmakers, and John Phillips one of my favorite songwriters. I had the honor to meet each of these men and was almost giddy to be blessed with the chance to tell each artist what his work meant has to me.

Optimism is a cure for many things.

I'm glad I'm not a politician.

Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason.

The path through trouble is always made a step at a time, a breath at a time, a day at a time.