Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

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.

Well, you know, there are limits to the sacred claims of friendship.

Compromising is the only path that all happy couples travel on.

If radioactive waste were dissolved as water soluble compounds and then widely dispersed in the oceans, no health or other environmental risks would ever occur.

the less you had, the more careful you had to be about everything you did have.

A fighter with heart will almost always win out against a fighter with skill but no will.

You're unique, amazing Like no one else You have the exclusive On being yourself.

Sometimes you have to lose to win again.

The arts are not a luxury. They are an integral part of our lives as individuals and as a nation.

One had rather have no opinion than a false one.

The art market does represent a sort of hyper-capitalism: it produces added value without any actual work being done.