You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.

When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

Randy Pausch on time management: Here's what I know: Time must be explicitly managed, like money. You can always change your plan, but only if you have one. Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things? Develop a good filing system. Rethink the telephone. Delegate. Take a time out. Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.