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

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

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

If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.

Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.

I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?