There's a difference between playing it cool and being a jerk.

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

You were born to be real, not to be perfect. You are here to be you, not to live someone else's life.

Wisdom is the best gift you can ever build. It gets you to unimagined heights and knowledge follows it.

I know that I do not know, and uncertainty, certainly, is the cruelest of words.

Earn Nicely, spend wisely and you will live happily.

Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.

By learning to be more warm-hearted we can create a more compassionate world.

Hope lies in what action we take.

It is in the nature of the mind that the more we cultivate and familiarize ourselves with positive emotions, the more powerful they become.

The future can be different if we choose to make it so.

Anything in life is possible when you work hard to achieve it.

This college would probably have the same problem as the last one did."I frowned, "What's that?""Homework.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar.

I've always been a big supporter of the Surfrider Foundation. I started my own foundation, Rob Machado Foundation, which focuses on environmental education for the little people of the world.

A smart mother suggests that her child bring an apple to his teacher; a smarter mother suggests that he bring a couple of aspirins.

In terms of the emotional underpinning, if you've been in relationships, you understand what's happening.

I've never gotten up to see something one of my kids wanted to show me and not been rewarded.

It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver.

People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book.