Every hour has its immediate duty, its special injunction which dominates all others.
Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards.
If you talk about it, it's a dream, if you envision it, it's possible, but if you schedule it, it's real.
Ten years from now you'll laugh at whatever's stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.
I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.
Don't surround yourself with people who just affirm you. Surround yourself with people who challenge you.
Love is the one thing on which you should never compromise
It is a common rule with primitive people not to waken a sleeper, because his soul is away and might not have time to get back.
The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby gorilla at the zoo, or by threats to endangered species; but developments in farming techniques that deprive millions of animals of freedom of movement go unreported.
We've had people say, "Now when I go to work, I don't feel uncomfortable talking to people of different races, and I go up and introduce myself, and I start making a new friend I wouldn't have done otherwise. "