“Expect the unexpected. Focus on what you can control and acknowledge what’s out of your control.”

If your dog doesn’t like someone, you probably shouldn’t either.

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.

Things are just things – they have no power to hurt or to heal. Only people can do that. And we can all choose whether to be hurt or healed by the people who love us.

When you do something you love with passion and perseverance, you are already a success. Even if you never hit the big time, who cares?

To be truly rich includes not only financial freedom but developing rich, meaningful relationships, enriching your health, and enjoying a rich balance between your career and your personal life.

It’s never crowded along the extra mile.

You Can’t Hire Someone Else to Do Your Push-ups for You.

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

A dog is one of the few remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.

The dynamics that are required to make any relationship work: Just keep putting your love out there.

Do you want to speak to the man in charge—or the nurse who knows what’s going on?

There is no right reaction. There is only your reaction.

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future,and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

The first step in taking control of your money is to stop borrowing money. Start using cash today.

I’m such a control freak, and it’s very hard for me to lose my inhibitions without something chemical inside me.

Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.

You will eventually lose control, and when you do – when you lose every last shred of it until you can’t see red from black, right from wrong—I will be here. Ready to back you up, the way you should be doing for me.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.