Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside.

Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside.

Alan Cohen

Use pain as a stepping stone, not a camp ground.

Use pain as a stepping stone, not a camp ground.

Sometimes when things seem to be going wrong, they are going right for reasons you are yet to understand.

Sometimes when things seem to be going wrong, they are going right for reasons you are yet to understand.

No matter what has happened, let today be new.

No matter what has happened, let today be new.

You don’t need to get anyone else to agree with your truth. You just need to live it.

You don’t need to get anyone else to agree with your truth. You just need to live it.

To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip.

To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip.

Forget what you've been taught so you can remember what you know.

Forget what you've been taught so you can remember what you know.

When you want what you want more than you fear what you want, you will have it.

When you want what you want more than you fear what you want, you will have it.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices, be sure they are your own.

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices, be sure they are your own.

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

The people who matter will recognize who you are.

The people who matter will recognize who you are.

Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.

Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

I am going to walk away when I'm ready to walk away. Not because of a win or a loss.

I am going to walk away when I'm ready to walk away. Not because of a win or a loss.

If I have my kids, I drive something with four doors. If I don’t have my kids, I can drive whatever I want.

If I have my kids, I drive something with four doors. If I don’t have my kids, I can drive whatever I want.

When you have to stop and think about things is when they go wrong.

When you have to stop and think about things is when they go wrong.

I like R&B. I listen to music, not singers.

I like R&B. I listen to music, not singers.

I think competitiveness is taken in a different way by different people. I’m not a yeller and a screamer, a jumper and a pusher.

I think competitiveness is taken in a different way by different people. I’m not a yeller and a screamer, a jumper and a pusher.