It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.

The deepest hunger of [a child's] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.

If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.

Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

Trust is the highest form of human motivation.

I find most meetings are a waste of time, because they are so ill-prepared and there's little opportunity for true synergy in producing better solutions than what anyone originally thought of. So I work hard to only attend those meetings that have strategic importance and miss all kinds of other seemingly urgent meetings.

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.