You cannot buy or win happiness. You must choose it.

You're only as good as the people you have around you.

When a person feels encouraged, he can face the impossible and overcome incredible adversity.

COMMUNICATION: If I had to pick a first rule of communication-the one practice above all others that opens the door to connecting with others-it would be to look for common ground. Too often people see communication as the process of transmitting massive amounts of information to other people. But that's the wrong picture. Communication is a journey. The more that people have in common, the better the chance that they can take that journey together.

If you don't change the direction you are going, then you're likely to end up where you're heading.

The ability to understand people is a choice.

As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down.