I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.

Apologies are not pass/fail.

Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.

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

No job is beneath you. You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail.

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.