It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned about; it's the return of my investment

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

Everyone on earth is afraid of losing his/her life, and only a few are afraid of losing their time.

It takes an artist…. to be an artist

I much preferred winning to thinking and I didn't like losing at all.

I learned that faith isn’t about knowing all of the right stuff or obeying a list of rules. It’s something more, something more costly because it involves being present and making a sacrifice.

Soul and intellect are just the same things.

If God's got a favorite songwriter, I think it's John Prine.

Everyone has dated or been with a person who is obsessed with their work, and it's immensely frustrating. You're like, "I'm right here! I'm a person! I'm interesting, too!"

Fashion is a reflection of your personality, so have fun and experiment.

But we'll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we'll have each other.

I want the President to look across the country and find the best man woman or minority that he can find