Many of the unexpected opportunities we encounter are small but significant.

How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing.

Sometimes success is disguised as hard work.

Food is Essential to life, therefore make it good.

Each person's destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of choice. It's determined by what we say, what we do, and whom we trust.

We must motivate ourselves to do our very best, and by our example lead others to do their best as well.

If you're excited about what you're doing, it's a lot more likely that your employees will also be excited. People want to work for a person, not a company. It's about relationships.

Learn to love your work and you'll never have to 'work' again.

You have to be very careful about what you say. More importantly, you have to be very careful about what you do. You never know how or when you influence people – especially children.

How do you know if someone needs encouragement? If they are breathing!

The one thing I take more joy in than anything else in the world is seeing young people develop

Assad: 'I have written it just down here.'He Pointed to a number of Arabic symbols that could just as well have meant it was going to snow in the Lofoten Islands in the morning.

Color is the melody of light.

Never blame anyone for your life. You are responsible for you.

She is trying to be brave, but no one knows what brave looks like inside this particular moment.

You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.

It's okay to look back, just don't stare.

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

She hasn't your strength. She's never had any strength. She's never had anything but heart.

Fantasy allows for less rigorous worldbuilding and more vigorous exploration of moral questions. Sci-fi is opp.

I like to say I'm more conservative than Goldwater. He just wanted to turn the clock back to when there was no income tax.