You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.

Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.

Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts they most need.

No matter what measures are taken, doctors will sometimes falter, and it isn't reasonable to ask that we achieve perfection. What is reasonable is to ask that we never cease to aim for it.

You can't make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to have a team that's prepared for the unexpected.

Arriving at an acceptance of one's mortality is a process, not an epiphany.

Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you.

This is the reality of intensive care: at any point, we are as apt to harm as we are to heal.

I think the extreme complexity of medicine has become more than an individual clinician can handle. But not more than teams of clinicians can handle.

Could the straggling thoughts of individuals be collected, they would frequently form materials for wise and able men to improve into useful matter.

A physical wound may heal, but a spiritual one may last for ever

Wisdom of the Ages: "Government" Like a mafia protection racket-without the protection.

I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around

If you have an open, loving, positive attitude, anything burdensome in life can be lightened!

Pain is to be endured. It ends or it does not.

In God's name let us go on bravely.

I'm still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.

The lights, the music, the stage, and the crowd – putting it all together – magic in the making

So, I get a kick out of working with the media.