We long to connect, all of us. We long to be noticed, to be cared for, to matter. Generosity is the invisible salve on our wound of loneliness, one that benefits both sides, over and over again.

One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find breakthroughs more often than everyone else is that they've failed more often than everyone else.

Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.

We're going to spend our entire future living in tomorrow-investing now, when it's difficult, is the single best moment.

I think if you're remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn't have a resume at all.

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see.