In life, what more can you ask for than to be real?

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Never be a slanderous voice that hides in the darkness.

Courage is to feel the daily daggers of relentless steel and keep on living.

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.

Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it.

When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.

Most of the 50 or so invitations you receive each week come from people inviting the President's Chief of Staff, not you. If you doubt that, ask your predecessor how many he received last week.

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.

A man who won't lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings.

Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. I kind of feel in between now.

I teach classes 28 weeks of the year, but the rest of the time I do research and write books.