We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then start daring 'em to make good.

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.

It is a characteristic of human beings that if they haven’t got a family of their own, they will invent one.

For the time being—”He emphasized each word. “I’ll be the only one climbing through your window.

People care much more for how things look than how things are.

The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to suggest that we're alone in the universe.

Time flies, though, huh? But I feel young. And do you know how I stay feeling young, ladies and gentlemen? I'll share my secret with you: I live in a senior citizen retirement community.

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

I've never played a character that would sing.

The one thing I am most proud of myself is that I know how to keep my cool and not be intimidated - anyone can be beat.

In the next life you will be working with those attitudes that are now yours.

Should your riches increase, let your mind keep pace with them.