The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
I think how I've gotten better, hopefully, at taking what I've got and being able to mish-mash something together, and as long as it feels real to me in the moment, then it feels like a success.
Anything worth doing is worth 100%.
I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success.
Suppose you read about a pill that you could take once a day to reduce anxiety and increase your contentment. Would you take it? Suppose further that the pill has a great variety of side effects, all of them good: increased self-esteem, empathy, and trust; it even improves memory. Suppose, finally, that the pill is all natural and costs nothing. Now would you take it? The pill exists. It is meditation.
Whether they be old or young, rich or poor, high or low, wise or foolish, ignorant or learned, every individual is seen to be strongly actuated by a desire to be seen, heard, talked of, approved and respected. . . a passion for distinction.
And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?
Laughter is the music of life.
There is the flash in the pan, the sudden success. But continued success is dependent upon tremendous attention to detail.
Who you are becoming is more important than what you are accumulating.
It's important to let each artist do what makes him or her feel comfortable. Success should be a by-product of that.
The image of success is important, but even more important is the ability to focus on solutions instead of on problems. That way, you'll never be thinking like a loser, and you probably won't look like one either.
The best thing about sports is the sense of community and shared emotion it can create.
If there is any single factor that makes for success in living, it is the ability to draw dividends from defeat.
You are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me.
Success is getting up one more time than you fall down.
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.
Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life's way of preparing you for success.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.
