Friendship warms like a sunbeam; charms like a good story; inspires like a brave leader; binds like a golden chain; guides like a heavenly vision.

Our world is a college, events are teachers, happiness is the graduating point, character is the diploma God gives man.

Give thy mind to books and libraries, and the literature and lore of the ages will give thee the wisdom of sage and seer.

Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives.

Only when the heart loves can the intellect do great work.

Abiding happiness is not simply a possibility, but a duty; that all may live above the troubles of life; that worry is a poison and happiness a medicine.

Man must make his choice between ease and wealth; either may be his, but not both.

I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

Pretending is one of our greatest pleasures. But you have to know you're pretending.

Moderation is the key to old age and the doorway to boredom

If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform.

Who knows what kind of life I might have had had I not been fortunate enough to have the parents I've had.

The greatest of all miracles is that we need not be tomorrow what we are today. The greatest of all insights is that we cannot be tomorrow what we do not do today. That is why today matters.

Life has only gotten better personally for me as I've gotten older. I mean, being young was such a gross waste of time. I was just such a miserable, miserable person.

When you say "I am," the words that follow are summoning creation with a mighty force, because you are declaring it to be fact.

It's terrible, the way obese children and adults are treated in this country [USA]. And I'm not leaving this Earth until that is changed.

The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily.