How sad that we often diminish our best gifts by struggling valiantly to develop in someone else's area of ability. It is better to focus on your uniqueness and do that with excellence than to end up with mediocrity in several areas.

Money is ultimately not enough compensation for investing your time and energy: there has to be a sense of purpose, meaning and fulfillment.

We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.

If someone saw a movie of your life so far, when the credits rolled, would they say, “Wow, that was awesome?” Or would they scratch their heads and say, “I wonder what that was all about?

Your security is determined by your ability to define what it is you do that has value. The clearer you can be on what it is you do well and what provides value for someone else, the more security you have.

The people who complain the loudest about never having an opportunity in life are usually the ones who have no idea what they really want.

No high achiever ever woke up in the morning and said ‘let’s see what happens.’