Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.
Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.
Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.
If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.
Show gratitude. Gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.
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.