“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”

The message of frustration is an exciting signal. it means that your brain beleives you could be doing better than you currently are.

If you keep a clear vision for your future, it will pull you like a magnet through your toughest times.

Success without fulfillment is failure.

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.

Life is found in the dance between your deepest desire and your greatest fear.

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

Passion is the genesis of genius.

Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes for you.

If you talk about it, it’s a dream, if you envision it, it’s possible, but if you schedule it, it’s real.

Life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

Investing in the science of food is truly an investment in our future.

People who fail focus on what they have to go through; people who succeed focus on what it will feel like at the end.

Identify your problems, but give your power and energy to solutions.

Ten years from now you’ll laugh at whatever’s stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

It’s our unlimited power to create and love in any circumstance that makes the biggest difference in the quality of our lives.

My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups – development, testing, marketing, user education.

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you’re able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.

Minding your business is how you call your power back.

Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they didnt really like the idea of my name being Raquel.

The things that are important to me – being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist – are all things that were borne out of great passion.

An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen.

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.

I think it’s really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be.