When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

The victorious army is victorious first and seeks battle later

After that, work and hope. But never hope more than you work

Simplicity is the soul of modern elegance.

I just live and let live and live my life pretty much according to the Golden Rule. And it turns out well for me.

Don't write slogans, write truths.

I was never used to being happy, so that wasn't something I ever took for granted.

My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on.

The mythic is everywhere.

Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.