Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The best vision is insight.

Presence is more than just being there.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

[When it comes to God] We can't run out of second chances...only time.

You need to decide to stop letting their crazy box you in.

My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories.

Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.

Labor with the heart, when the heart is pure and true, is the noblest labor.

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.

Money should never be separated from values. Detached from values it may indeed be the root of all evil. Linked effectively to social purpose it can be the root of opportunity.

What is life if not the shadow of a fleeting dream?