When I was in kindergarten, I entered a competition and read 52 books in a week.

If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise you provide must have meaning that is specific to each individual.

If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.

One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person.

You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.

Make work a purpose, not just a place.

When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.

People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.

The things that change people's lives are usually an accumulation of small acts.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.

A heartful mind can always see better than mindless eyes

I have run from a lot of relationships in favor of being alone. And I tend to find men who use their money and status as a dating tool to be unattractive.

I know someone young whose husband left her for another woman. He later came back and wanted to rekindle the relationship. It was too late. His ex-wife had found someone else. Good for her.

Make your optimism come true.

her age was that indeterminate mixture of everlasting youth and anticipated wisdom which is the glory and the curse of genius.

I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.

What a thrill, what a shock, to be alive on a morning in June, prosperous, almost scandalously privileged, with a simple errand to run.

If you're going to have a book full of clever people and nobody ever jokes, it's just not going to ring true to the reader. That said, humor writing is the hardest kind of writing there is.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

My girlfriend is a great support, and I've got a big circle of mates who keep my feet on the ground.