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.

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.

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

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 believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

I got started acting by going to auditions that my mom found in the entertainment section of our local news paper. Then, I got a manager and started going out on more auditions.

Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep.

Win if you can, lose if you must, but never quit.

I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say.

Well, I don't really eat cereal that much because on Weight Watchers it's not worth the points.

For many afflictions, silence is the best remedy.

When our inner vision opens our horizons expand.

I would love to be a Franciscan brother. I'm just not sure I have the courage to do it.

It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory.

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life”.

Excellent people are honored wherever they go.

As a guest who doesn't eat, drink or smoke, you leave much to be desired, but as a writer, you're my girl.

We reap what we sow. Choose what you nourish carefully.

When I was in 10th grade, I took one of those tests that's supposed to tell you what you should be when you grow up. The test told me that I should be a journalist.

When Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type, most people were shocked by the thought; it was intensely repugnant to their feelings.

I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theatre, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.

We're in an age of enlightenment, and we have a choice as a society which path to take.

The more you see, the more you're going to learn. Just got to take advantage of the opportunity and get ready to play ball.

Our eurozone partners have made it clear: The choice is between staying in or getting out of the eurozone.

I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.

Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.

What really irks me is the snide victimizing suggestion from some that I have tried to be lighthearted and funny... Oh my God - this is so offensive.

I would not change anything I've done or what I've lived, and with whom I have lived it.