Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface.

We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.

If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

A coach yells at the kid he thinks can improve but the coach will not yell at the kid who he/she knows won't.

Develop a good filing system.

You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.