Its actually really important that you succeed at what youre succeeding at, but that isnt going to be the measure of your life.

The path I am trying so hard to follow is in fact the one that God my Father and His Son Jesus Christ want me to pursue. It has brought me deep happiness.

Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success.

Because if the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.

Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time.

You can't find returns in investments you haven't made.

Steve Jobs and Apple taught us that profit is not the ultimate goal, but rather a consequence of something greater.

Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation. The same is true for learning.

Purpose must be deliberately conceived and chosen, and then pursued.

Christine and I haven't raised our children. A whole community of selfless Christians has contributed to helping them become faithful, competent adults.

Disruptive innovations create jobs, efficiency innovations destroy them.

This was the bonus to liberal Christianity: I could use my reason and believe at the same time.

The calculus is the story this [the Western] world first told itself as it became the modern world.

I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.

If, as you teach, the universe has no beginning and no end, why should we?

After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season.

It is almost as important to know what is not serious as to know what is.

You've got to be in the moment and respond to what you're feeling. I try to simplify it as much as possible.

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.

Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.

Look for your brushes with the divine. Be receptive to them. When heaven knocks, open the door. Value these visits. Remember them. Expect more of them.