Figure out what you really love doing and use your strengths on a daily basis.

If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.

If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person.

You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.

Make work a purpose, not just a place.

When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.

People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.

The things that change people's lives are usually an accumulation of small acts.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.

Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.

My heart drips into the cracks on the sidewalk as he leaves.

My mother’s laughter was infectious - like a cheerful tune that lingers in your mind for the rest of the day.

Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right.

For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.

If you can let go of (the Tao) with your mind and surround it with your heart, it will live inside you forever.

The Church needs more people willing to wash feet, not just point out they're dirty or complain that they smell.

Superstorm Sandy inflicted havoc and heartache throughout the Northeast, hitting the Big Apple and its surrounding coastal towns hard.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.