If you want to improve your life and the lives of those around you, you must take action.

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.

One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.

Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness.

The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.

The nearer a man gets to God, the greater he sees his sin.

At long as a stock is acting right, and the market is right, do not be in a hurry to take profits. One should never permit speculative ventures to run into investments.

Before, I'd photograph anything. I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body.

A criminal is twice a criminal when he adds hypocrisy to his crime.

We asked for workers. We got people instead.

Thank you, God, for bringing me success in my life.

I'm a mother, and my life is very full.