These problems are real, and you can't turn off real life. So I won't try. Instead, I'll give you a set of tools to help you deal with real life.

Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?

We become what we repeatedly do.

A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.

One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.

Strong minds talk about ideas; weak minds talk about people.

Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?

We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them.

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

Education must be a lifelong pursuit. The person who doesn't read is not better off than the person who can't.

Make as many friends as you can, but don't build your life on them alone. It's an unstable foundation.

Maintain a persistent focus of what you want

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny.

He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.

To be honest with you, I worry about concentration of ownership in media, where you have a handful of media conglomerates largely controlling what we see, hear and read.

Yeah, people do need to realize that just because they've seen me perform for an hour does not mean that we are now close.

Leadership transitions require us to move out of our comfort zone.

One can begin so many things with a new person! - even begin to be a better man.

In battle, the ONLY bullets that count are those that hit.

Fairness is not the end result, it's the opportunity. And everybody in America today has the opportunity to get ahead.