All of life is a risk; in fact we're not going to get out alive. Casualness leads to casualties. Communication is the ability to affect other people with words.

A few years ago I lost one of my dearest friends. He died at age 53 - heart attack. David is gone, but he was one of my very special friends. I used to say of David that if I was stuck in a foreign jail somewhere accused unduly and if they would allow me one phone call, I would call David. Why? He would come and get me. That's a friend. Somebody who would come and get you.

I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change

Never begrudge the money you spend on your own education.

Wherever you are, be there. Lifestyle is not something we do; it is something we experience. And until we learn to be there, we will never master the art of living well.

Simply making consistent investments in our self-education and knowledge banks pays major dividends throughout our lives.

Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action.