American
Psychologist,
Author and
Entertainer
(September 1,
1950 - )
"At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you're living your life doesn't matter. What matters is whether you're comfortable with it."
"The bad news is that the only person you can control is you. The good news is that the only person you need to control is you, and the most important relationship you'll ever have is the one you have with yourself."
"Did somebody slip up and write 'Stupid' on my forehead?"
"How is that working for you?"
"I didn't just come in on a load of turnips."
"I don't care how flat you make a pancake; it's got two sides."
"If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."
"If you want more, you have to require more from yourself."
"It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else."
"Life is managed; it is not cured."
"Life rewards action."
"The most you get is what you ask for."
"My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.'"
"People do what works."
"Sometimes you have just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you."
"Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right."
"That dog don't hunt with me."
"There is no reality; only perception."
"We teach people how to treat us."
"What I can tell you is that you are in an emotional hole, and I can't help you by jumping down in that hole with you."
"When you choose the behavior, you choose the consequences."
"You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self."
"You cannot change what you do not acknowledge."
"You create your own experience."
"You either get it or you don't."
"You have the duty and gift of living. You don't have the right to sit on the sidelines - use your life and get back into the game."
"You have to name it before you can claim it."
"You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you."
"You're only lonely if you're not there for you."
