We are the only nation in the world that waits till we get into a war before we start getting ready for it.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

They had been brought up to think that the domestic virtues were self-evident and universal

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Quacks are the greatest liars in the world except their patients.

So I lied to you last night. I said that I just wanted one night with you. But I want every night with you.

In freely choosing to serve as the agents of divine purpose, angels are the living expression of the prayer 'Thy will be done.'

Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.

Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.

Tell me a story of deep delight.

Lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity.

Do not to be as shy around girls, because they're probably just as shy and just as scared as you are.