We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period.

Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination.

Happiness: "You Bring Your Own Weather To The Picnic."

If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.

Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.

Act the way you WANT to feel.

I'm a person who's fine saying 'No.' I like saying to myself, "no gossiping," "no nagging."

Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change.

One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.

Focus Not on Having Less or Having More, But on Wanting What You Have.

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.

Foolishly romantic, yeah, sure, maybe: but she'd rather have dreams of Prince Charming than the reality of Mr. Wrong.

A man who learns complicated things from animals is a clever man, but an animal who learns complicated things from men is a genius animal!

Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.

It's much easier to do and die than it is to reason why.

When you come from nothing, you're basically just trying to get escape velocity, which means you and your family don't have to worry about being broke and that's all I ever cared about.

How poetry comes to the poet is a mystery.

Sometimes we become so sophisticated we have to read the New York Times in order to figure out whether it's a hot or a rainy day.

Few people do business well, who do nothing else.

Stop worrying about whether they can handle it. You want the truth? Your kid is hardier than you are... Kids are tough.

I think he intends to run for president... I think Senator McCain cares about the opinions of New Hampshire voters.