Conferences are just like the poor and the Democrats, they will always be with us.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

Keep Moving Forward

We cannot carve or forcibly preserveor cultivate belief. If it will grow, it growsas we do - mostly after we have fallen

You would make a greater impact in the world, if you would engage in attending to the demands of your inner positive voices.

And it was suddenly very simple: There was no choice.

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

You can't run a company simply by the numbers. So if you're going to bet on someone, you bet on someone you want to be in business with for a long time.

What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.

I had heard my father say that he never knew a piece of land run away or break.