“What you need to do is take control of things. Don't wait for events to catch up with you; go and meet them head-on!”

“They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.”

“Don't sit back and wait for life to happen to you. Have a plan and take the needed steps to create what you want.”

“Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.”

“He shook his head. “No. Because there's no one else out there who understands you like I do.”
I waited for more. “That's it? You're not going to elaborate on what that means?”
Those green eyes held me. “I don't think I need to.”

“Every person, all the events of your life, are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.”

“Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.”

“You don't need a reason to forgive… If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.”

“It was all practical stuff. Why? Because that's the way you train soldiers: practical stuff. Soldiers don't freaking need to do a flag, you don't need to do handstands. You need to run and sprint and vault over obstacles. They need to balance on stuff, and they need to climb to crawl to lift and carry, throw and catch. They need to do all these things. They need to fight, to swim.”

“People go to Vegas, and they don't know what to do; here's what you do. You go to the casino in your hotel. On your arrival, you get $100 in quarters. Take that $100 back to your hotel room and stare at it for a long, long time. Why? Because you're never going to see them again. Then you take those quarters to the bathroom and you flush them, one by one by one. And the nice thing about that is that every so often the toilet will back up, and you'll feel like a WINNER!”