I also think my dad would be reminding me that kids — more than anything else — need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't have to be alive for that to happen.

Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.

Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.

The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.

Never lose the child-like wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us. Help others.

The great thing about working out at a gym is that if you put in effort, you get very obvious results. The same should be true of college. A professor’s job is to teach students how to see their minds growing in the same way they can see their muscles grow when they look in a mirror.

Don't bail; the best pieces of gold are at the bottom of the barrel of crap.