America was built by immigrants. Almost nobody that I know is any more than three generations, maybe four generations, American.

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.

If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not dreaming big enough.

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.

If someone tells me they skied all day and never fell down, I tell them to find another mountain.

Entrepreneurship is having an idea to do something great and not entirely have a plan on how to do it but the drive and will power to make it work

It is fate, damn destiny, that has its way with us.

The light extinguishes all the flaming arrows of darkness.

People in a hurry cannot think cannot grow nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.

I have mastered the principles of several religions. They have all shocked me by the violence which I should have to do to my reason to accept the dogmas of any one of them.

Done is the engine of more.

Fun has to rule in a lot of scenarios. Occasionally, when you are really getting going, you need to stretch beyond language. It has to go out the window.

The Christian faith, I am proposing, should become (in the name of Jesus Christ) a welcome friend to other religions of the world, not a threat

Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears.

One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.

NVC is a reminder; to focus our attention where we are most likely to get our needs met.