Al final, no va a importar el número de respiraciones que tomaste, pero ¿cuántos momentos tomó el aliento?

Aunque nadie puede volver atrás y hacer un nuevo comienzo, cualquiera puede comenzar a partir de ahora y crear un nuevo final.

Da la bienvenida cada mañana con una sonrisa. Mira en el nuevo día como otro regalo especial de su creador, otra oportunidad de oro.

La felicidad no puede ser ganada, no es una propiedad. Es la experiencia espiritual de vida de cada minuto con amor, gracia y gratitud.

Acepta la responsabilidad de tu vida. Date cuenta que tú eres quien va a llegar a donde quiere ir, nadie más.

Si tú no construyes tu sueño, alguien va a contratarte para que le ayudes a construir el suyo.

Lo único que se interpone entre ti y tu sueño, es la voluntad de intentarlo y la creencia de que en realidad es posible.

Los desafíos son los que hacen la vida interesante, y superarlos es lo que hace la vida significativa.

El éxito consiste en obtener lo que se desea. La felicidad, en disfrutar lo que se obtiene.

La única manera de hacer un gran trabajo, es amar lo que haces. Si no lo has encontrado, sigue buscando. No te conformes.

Para lograr tener éxito, tu deseo de éxito debe ser mayor que tu miedo al fracaso.

El éxito no está en vencer siempre sino en no desanimarse nunca.

Estoy agradecido por todos los que me dijeron NO. Es gracias a ellos estoy siendo yo mismo.

La vida no se trata de encontrarse a sí mismo. La vida trata de crearse.

No vemos las cosas como son. Las vemos como somos nosotros.

Mi filosofía es que no sólo es tú eres responsable de su vida, pero haciendo lo mejor en este momento, nos ponemos en el mejor lugar para el momento siguiente.

El fracaso es un requisito para el éxito. Si quieres triunfar rápido, duplica el número de tus fracasos.

El único sitio donde el éxito llega antes que el trabajo es en el diccionario.

La vida es una aventura atrevida o no es nada.

He descubierto que si amas la vida, la vida te amará de vuelta.

Preocúpate más por tu carácter que su reputación, porque tu carácter es lo que realmente eres, mientras que tu reputación es lo que otros piensan que eres.

Dentro de veinte años estarás más decepcionado por las cosas que no hiciste que por las que hiciste. Así que suelta las amarras. Atrapa los vientos alisios en tus velas. Explora. Sueña. Descubre.

No juzgues cada día por la cosecha que has obtenido, sino por las semillas que has plantado.

La razón por la que algunas personas les resulta tan difícil ser felices es porque ven el pasado mejor de lo que era, la presente peor de lo que es, y el futuro menos resuelto de lo que será.

Un viaje de mil millas comienza con un solo paso.

Intenta no volverte un hombre de éxito, sino un hombre de valor.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

For the Left, tolerance does not mean tolerance. It means first, acceptance. And second, celebration. That is totalitarianism: You not only have to live with what you may differ with, dear citizen, you have to celebrate it or pay a steep price.

Metaphor is halfway between the unintelligible and the commonplace.

The only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.

If you can’t meditate in a boiler room, you can’t meditate.

Google Now supplants the need to open an app by surfacing cards - cards that magically turn into just the information you need, when you need it - without having to go to an app to get it.

When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer; you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.

I'd got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.

Losing a parent is a hard thing... I often sit here and think it would be great if mum and dad were alive and had a chance to see their grandkids grow up.

Shipping is so cheap that it makes more financial sense for Scottish cod to be sent 10,000 miles to China to be filleted, then sent back to Scottish shops and restaurants, than to pay Scottish filleters.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life.

In the spiritual life there is no such thing as an indifference to love or hate.

Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.

It is never too late with us so long as we are still aware of our faults and bear them impatiently of long as noble propensities greedy of conquest stir within us.

Some people seem to think their oven self-cleans, but you need to clean it to stop things getting blocked up so you get a good rotation of air and heat inside. Get a probe to test the oven is reaching what it says it's reaching too.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

The appeal of the paranormal bad boy - or James Bond super-spy, as one example of male escapism - can sometimes make everyday problems seem less dire. Thus, a few hours spent immersed in the world of the wicked yet alluring hero is the equivalent of a mini-vacation.

The air has finally gotten to the place that we can breathe it together.

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

It's incredibly restorative. A lot of people find great solace in gardening. It teaches self-worth, patience, reliance, persistence. It teaches us the circle of life. It teaches us that things die, and from that new things come.

For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.

I have a very simple philosophy. One has to separate the abilities from the disabilities. The fact I cannot walk, that I need crutches or a scooter or whatever it is, has nothing to do with my playing the violin.