The more you limit your choices, thereby limiting thought, the more you can simplify your life and focus your energy elsewhere.

It is okay not to like someone, but it is never okay to try and degrade, humiliate, or dehumanize them.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

The world you see outside of you will always be a reflection of what you have inside of you.

Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children.

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something.

When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.

Lonely and Alone: There's a difference.

Packing is my pet hate.

Others fear what the morrow may bring. I am afraid of what happened yesterday.

It's annoying when people tag my name in their conversation with someone else [on Twitter.]

The press should be the voice of the people, not of party.

Every time you work on a project, it's a little vacation from the project you're working on the other 23 hours. That's the thing - it replenishes you to do something else.

To me, the advantage of the recorder is that it is so natural. I love the fact that it is just a piece of wood, that there are almost no mechanics involved.

When I got sponsored, it symbolized a major change and a major shift in skateboarding.

Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.

If you don't invest in basic research at some stage you start losing the basis of applied research.