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

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

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.

Find your passion and follow it. You wont find that passion in things or money. Your passion must come from what fuels you from the inside. It will be grounded in the relationships you have with people and what they think of you when your time comes.

I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.