Politics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

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.

There is no time for regrets. Regrets relate to the past. We have been there. We need to progress to the future.

I have a close association with Gen. Petraeus... What you get in Dave Petraeus is a very unique officer, a combination of intelligence, extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding.

The verification services that could be offered would be applied appropriately according to the business process that was involved.

Why should I worry, why should I care? And even when I cross that line, I got street savoire faire.

She didn't go all fangirl on anyone, but I suspect that's only because none of them bore the slightest resemblance to Nathan Fillion.

May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.

...the highest sign of friendship is that of giving another the privilege of sharing your inner thought.

I fancy the character of a poet is in every country the same,--fond of enjoying the present, careless of the future; his conversation that of a man of sense, his actions those of a fool.

I like to drink young wines, wines which are robust and have a lot of forward fruit to them.

We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh.