The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

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.

There is only one religion and that is to love unconditionally. Those who kill in the name of religion are the bigot and biggest nonbeliever.

Fewer than half of churchgoers, including born-again Christians, felt strongly that their church demonstrates unconditional love.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

Real speech can only come from complete silence. Incomplete silence is as fussy as deliberate conversation.

It is easier to act yourself into a new way of feeling than to feel yourself into a new way of acting.

The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces.

It's a shame that people are resisting vetting programs that would actually just keep out those who want to do us harm.

God can never make us wine if we object to the fingers He uses to crush us with.