Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of.

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Charles Kingsley

My mom is definitely my rock.

Alicia Keys

And I think most people in this country want to see a president that's got the courage to say we're going to cut the tax burden, and reduce the regulatory climate, and we're going to get Americans working.

Rick Perry

The empowered mind allows problems to seed personal growth.

Steve Maraboli

I developed a nutty attitude where I'd think, If some guy really loves me he doesn't care if I'm fat. I'd come up with all these stupid reasons why it would be OK to be fat.

Kirstie Alley

The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.

Karl Marx

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.

Albert Einstein

The first and last thing required of genius is, love of the truth.

Johann von Goethe

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Jack Welch

What makes us threaten the things we want most?

Jim Shepard

Animals, they are one of the most beautiful gifts we have and, you know, if there are people that have compassion, there are very few people that put their money into animal rescue organizations. And if there is someone that has that passion, animals need all the help they can get.

Alyssa Milano

Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series 'Dark Shadows,' which I followed avidly as a kid.

Bill Condon