I chose surgery because I thought that perhaps this would make me more like the kind of person I wanted to be.

Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.

Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts they most need.

No matter what measures are taken, doctors will sometimes falter, and it isn't reasonable to ask that we achieve perfection. What is reasonable is to ask that we never cease to aim for it.

You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.

You can't make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to have a team that's prepared for the unexpected.

Arriving at an acceptance of one's mortality is a process, not an epiphany.

Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you.

This is the reality of intensive care: at any point, we are as apt to harm as we are to heal.

Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.

Before you get a bad attitude by drawing recurring conclusions to new situation based on past experiences, be sure to look for the possibilities.

Having the understanding of God, God’s ambassadors are able to bring a country out of crisis, change politics, business and economy

The thought is just as strong as the consequence.

Blazing? Droplets of thoughts can soothe it all. Don't feel depleted. Bask in the residue. That remains!

Life that did not yearn toward life was in fair way toward ceasing.

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

I would like to be interpreted as a liberal libertarian, like leave everybody alone and let them do their own thing.

I wasn't putting too much emphasis on it (the booing). I think that you have to put it behind you.

I do have one slightly crooked wheel upstairs, but everything else is ticking along just four-o, thank you very much.