I've learned... that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.

Finding the tool is often half the battle.

Teachers who have plugged away at their jobs for twenty, thirty, and forty years are heroes. I suspect they know in their hearts they've done a good thing, too, and are more satisfied with themselves than most people are. Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

One of the things we can be sure of over the July 4th weekend is that news reports will keep telling us how many of us are going to die in automobile accidents.

If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb.

Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter.