An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change . . . . A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life.

Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends.

Robin Wright Penn

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

Jules Michelet

Most don't deserve your tears... and the ones that do will never make you cry.

T. Rafael Cimino

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

Richard Bach

Time waits for no one. There is only one time for happiness and the time is NOW!

Steve Maraboli

For the majority of us, the past is a regret, the future an experiment

Mark Twain

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

Jeff Bridges

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

Helen Keller

John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!

Andrew Jackson

To business that we love we rise betime And go to it with delight

William Shakespeare

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

Thomas Fuller

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Virginia Woolf