We learn to trust man when he does what we expect him to do; we learn to trust God when He doesn't do what we expect Him to do.

You'll never be great at anything you're not passionate about.

Life is not "either or," it's "both and"

The secret to failing isn't failing; the secret to failing is failing forward.

If you don't live in your strengths, you'll die in your weaknesses. Do first and most what you're good at, and bring others along who are good at your weaknesses.

When no one is selfless in a relationship, there is war. When one is selfless, there is peace. When both are selfless, there is joy.

Great leaders remove obstacles-including themselves.

It is home. The Twin Cities are home and [Ames] is home. It’s definitely always a place that’s going to be very special to me.

Take 30 seconds to encourage everyone you meet today. Everyone. Be genuine and transparent. And do it. Then do it tomorrow. Repeat.

If you can't change the status quo, make the status quo, change.

You invoke a new futurewhen you envision your pastin the light of your present.

It requires more courage to back down compared to moving forward.

…So when the last and dreadful hourThis crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.

Whatever prevents you from doing your work has become your work.

At night we are all strangers, even to ourselves.

Welcome every experience the looms of fate may weave for you.

Jennifer Garner and I are very close.

Love is an emerald. Its brilliant light wards off dragons On this treacherous path.

Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human.