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

Education best serves students by helping them be more self-reflective.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

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

What is the most appropriate thing to say to a friend who was about to die. He answered:”tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Whenever he goes, you also g. He will not be alone".

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

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.