If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.

If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person.

You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.

Make work a purpose, not just a place.

When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.

People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.

The things that change people's lives are usually an accumulation of small acts.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.

From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strengths.

It is always better to look at the bright side of life.

Don’t rely on the opinions of others.Only you will know what isright for you.

Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want.

Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set foot in.

When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wander a little from the truth.

Our teachers deserve better feedback.

A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't.

As the children get older and know what they want ... We all grew up at one point.

All the time it's a changing And all the dreamers are waking.

Hung-up women can't produce anything but mediocre art, and there ain't no room for mediocre art.