What we most need in our lives, though, is something worth doing, worth it because we care.

Soon is not as good as now.

Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year of not doing it right, I could talk to people and get them to sit up straight, take different kinds of chances, to breathe differently, to engage in the moment in the boat. And I changed them, and I changed me in the process.

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.

What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? If you're not, you're wasting away.

Own your dreams. There is no better way to make them happen.

The person who fails the most wins.