The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.

The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.

Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you'll be surprised at where you might get to.

It's okay to fail; it's not okay to quit.

Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.

Don't ever let someone tell you you can't do something.

There is no plan B for passion

The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.

If you want something, go get it. Period.

Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don't just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn't have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Checkpoint Charlie.

I'm not good with bullies and zealots.

being made happy isn't receiving something new, it's being made to understand what we have.

If you don't vote, then you may be leaving the decisions up to someone dumber than you.

ISABEL: Sorry I missed my session Monday. DR. RUSH: Would you like to tell me why? ISABEL: I was depressed. DR. RUSH: That's a good reason to come to therapy.

Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

So far as musical pedagogy is concerned - And by extension of musical creation - Nadia Boulanger is the most influential person who ever lived

I just love listening to the laughter.

The other day I ... no wait, that wasn't me.