Happen to things, don't let things happen to you

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.

Murder and a glass of wine: priceless

Emotional maturity is the ability to stick to a job and to struggle through until it is finished to endure unpleasantness discomfort and frustration.

I've discovered that the less I say, the more rumors I start.

I want to be 82 and doing movies with Paolo Sorrentino where people are like, "This is gold."

I believe there are certain things that cannot be bought -- loyalty, friendship, health, love and an American League pennant.

Some people more than others, they take things very seriously.

Love is probably the most powerful force in the cosmos, capable of creating miracles.

I'm telling Palestinians don't use violence. We're going to use the civilized means of international law to achieve our goals, our independence, our freedom.

It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.