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

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.

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.

From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strengths.

There were people everywhere but no one was mine, and I was no one's.

We all need to believe in something. It gives us a reason to get up in the morning. Something to fight for.

Trouble is a part of life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough.

I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.

Enemies were teachers in disguise.

We never have 100 percent certainty. We never have it. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is going to happen on the battlefield.

Where's your instruction manual?" I asked him. "What's the baby customer-service number?

The choice of a mate is crucial because no one has a greater influence on our spiritual lives.

Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.

The value of art is its ability to look into the "world of oblivion" and to find things that are generally unrecognized, forgotten, invisible and impossible to tell.