My best ideas come when I distance myself from day-to-day operations. It gives me more focus.

Don't judge someone's attitude until you've felt their pain.

Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel.

Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.

Kill your enemies with success and bury them with a smile.... Never fails.

No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.

Maturity comes with experience, not age.

I'm strong because I know my weaknesses. I'm wise because I've been foolish. I laugh because I've known sadness.

People are not who they say but rather who their actions reveal them to be....Be smart about it. Don't fall for the bullshit.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one, but that is the best of all.

You may still be here tomorrow...but your dreams may not.

[T]he myth that there was somehow a magic wand in the early 1980s to cure AIDS - a wand that Reagan deliberately refused to wave - is now almost conventional wisdom.

Measure, time and number are nothing but modes of thought or rather of imagination.

Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it.

It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.

I've always been a writer, actually. Not many people assume that, but I kinda keep quiet about anything that I do until I'm ready to show it. It keeps me humble and also makes me work towards a goal.

I've never heard of a size 0 or a negative human. That's hard. A lot of girls aren't naturally built that way.

Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.