“I used to say, “I sure hope things will change.” Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change.”

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Living life in style also means living a life of balance.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

The more you know the less you need to say.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.

When you work, work. When you play, play. Don’t mix the two.

Don’t shortchange yourself when it comes to investing in your own better future.

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Good service leads to multiple sales. If you take good care of your customers, they will open doors you could never open by yourself.

It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.

I used to blame everything outside of me for my lack of progress until I found that my problem was inside.

Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality.

I’m going to change everything you believe about HUD.

So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it’s good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence.

Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change.

We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.

When my husband Edgar and I were courting, he said he couldn’t wait to have a baby. It was only after we were married that he changed his mind and decided that I should have the baby.

I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.

It doesn’t need to be the same every day, doesn’t need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I’ve always been very flexible. I don’t care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.