You never get a second chance to make a first impression.

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.

What are you thinking?""Just how different everything down there is now, you know, now that I can see.""Everything down there is exactly the same, " he said. "You're the one that's different.

Rock n Roll Animal, the live album, is one of the greatest live albums out there. It was a huge influence on me.

Of all states that understands local control of schools, Iowa is such a state.

How can the reality of 600 million Chinese be ignored?

I love the Seahawks because of Russell [Wilson] and I think that I'm going to probably go for them!

I think women have a hard time not apologizing their way into negotiations. We tend to back in to these conversations in a self-deprecating and ultimately self-defeating way.

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

When destiny calls you, you've got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you've got to move on.

People pay me for my thoughts and my dreams. I think in that sense I'm very fortunate.

I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.