Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Don’t complain; just work harder.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

These poems, with all their crudities, doubts and confusions, are written for the love of man and in Praise of God, and I'd be a damn fool if they weren't.

We encounter great souls, who lived in historical times, in ancient books.

The madness in the heart is the state of mind.

Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace - we have to give it away.

But I'd say my best boss was Tom Barr, who was a partner at Cravath, Swain & Moore in the 1960s. It's because I learned so much from him.

The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful, and keep busy.

In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole.

A gun will give you the body, not the bird

I feel bad for these preachers man, they're on their jets doing all of that stuff because there's a lot of people living hell on earth.

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.