How can you make sense of the future when you only have data about the past?

The path I am trying so hard to follow is in fact the one that God my Father and His Son Jesus Christ want me to pursue. It has brought me deep happiness.

Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success.

Because if the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.

Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time.

You can't find returns in investments you haven't made.

Steve Jobs and Apple taught us that profit is not the ultimate goal, but rather a consequence of something greater.

Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation. The same is true for learning.

Purpose must be deliberately conceived and chosen, and then pursued.

Christine and I haven't raised our children. A whole community of selfless Christians has contributed to helping them become faithful, competent adults.

Disruptive innovations create jobs, efficiency innovations destroy them.

The philosophy of poetry must acknowledge that the poetic act has no past, at least no recent past, in which its preparation and appearance could be followed.

I had enough electricity in my booty to jump-start the whole of New York City.

You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can't be entertained - or people who are afraid. You can't entertain a man who has no food.

It's important to resolve to yourself, 'I will absolutely win!' Then this firm commitment will serve as the wellspring of great wisdom and courage that surges forth from within.

Every moment of your life is either a test or a celebration.

Loneliness is an integral part of travelling. I used to think it was the downside to travelling, but now I realise it is a necessary educative part of it to be embraced.

You are going to be what you put in your body, so I try to teach that to my kids, and the kids around me.

We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance.

I did mostly good things, except light things on fire.

Should I tell him I'm not afraid of being hurt? I'm afraid of not being in control.