“Yes, if it is meant to be, it will be. In the meantime, create your own fate. Plan big and dream bigger.”

“Prepare yourself for success. You have to see it coming to get there.”

“Have you had a failure or rejection? You could get bitter. That's one way to deal with it. Or...you could just get BETTER. What do you think?”

“The madder it makes you, the harder you need to laugh at it.”

“I don't give up. That makes me incredibly resilient or maybe stupid or just plain stubborn. Whichever...”

“How far can your imagination take you? I don't know. That's up to you, but I think you should find out.”

“Education doesnt make you happy. Nor does freedom. We dont become happy just because were free if we are. Or because weve been educated if we have. But because education may be the means by which...”

“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of bei...”

“The past has no power over the present moment.”

“Smart Technology is making us stupid.”

“Smart is what you learn from others. Wise is what you learn from yourself.”

“You looked a little bit smarter when your stupidity lessened a lot.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”