“While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.”

Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.

The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.

You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.

See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.

Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.

Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”

There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world – no matter how large or small our circle of influence.

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.

You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!

The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.

I just try to keep my heart open. By this, I mean to try not to let my own programmed reaction to things keep me closed down for too long.

I like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think.

I like any reaction I can get with my music.

Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.

No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself.