The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

“But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.” 

“Slippery use of the word “privilege” is part of a vogue of calling achievements “privileges”—a vogue which extends far beyond educational issues, spreading a toxic confusion in many other aspects of life.” 

“Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options” 

“Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos.” 

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”

“Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.”

“Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consist mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.”

“Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away.

“I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened”

“Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.”

“There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.”

“Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. ”

“I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”

Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

I like to stay free because then I can see the little miracles in life. There are little miracles everywhere; it’s just we have taken them for granted.

I don’t think life is that hard. I think we make it hard.

I wish I had done all of the same things but with less emotion and less anger.

Everything you’re a winner at now in your life, you were a once a loser at.