In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.

The small choices and decisions we make a hundred times a day add up to determining the kind of world we live in.

People are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.

The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it.

We can endure much more than we think we can; all human experience testifies to that. All we need to do is learn not to be afraid of pain. Grit your teeth and let it hurt. Don't deny it, don't be overwhelmed by it. It will not last forever. One day, the pain will be gone and you will still be there.

It is because you have the typical American habit of seeing everything as a test. You see the mountain as your enemy and you set out to defeat it. So, naturally, the mountain fights back and it is stronger than you are. We do not see the mountain as our enemy to be conquered. The purpose of our climb is to become one with the mountain and so it lifts us up and carries us along.