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

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.

somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do

Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.

But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet.

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