The courage to try something new makes me proud.

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

There might be false starts and do-overs.You are entitled to experiment before you find your calling.

I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.

You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life.

Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

The most likely moment for something incredible to happen to me was the moment I was most certain nothing ever would.

A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.

New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

The years after 50 can be a time of great productivity, meaningful work, pleasure, creativity, and innovation. It's a huge opportunity.

In sales, every prospect is a potential customer.

Light may be shed on man and his origins.

When I meet a person that tells me they stopped hooping for no reason, I thank them for opening my door and making it easier.

There are geologists who can pick up a rock and say, 'Yes, there's oil under there.' A geologist who has been studying those kinds of rocks for 10 or 20 years is able to make that pronouncement.

There are one or two young men I wouldn't mind taking home.

Naming suffering, exalting it, dissecting it into its smallest components – that is doubtless a way to curb mourning.

Vocations are born in prayer and from prayer; and only in prayer can they persevere and bear fruit.

Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.

To me, education is the way out of poverty. And it is the only way.

Chain-mail isn't much defence against an arrow. It certainly isn't when the arrow is being aimed between your eyes.