So much easier to aim for the smallest possible audience, not the largest, to build long-term value among a trusted, delighted tribe, to create work that matters and stands the test of time.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.

The greater our commitment, the more likely our love will last.

That shot was going goalboundward

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.

I grew up extremely fast. I was racing at the age of five. I was racing on a semi-national level by the time I was 16. It makes you grow up fast.

Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.

The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic.