Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
When you can think of yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear, you are near contentment.
Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
Sometimes I sit for hours just thinking, wondering what the man upstairs is trying to tell me. Yesterday I reached the conclusion that he was saying, “Get me a slinky.
Today is the only day in which we have any power.
Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.
Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.