Your patience will be both appreciated and rewarded

One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

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

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.

Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

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.