I know you’re smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn’t enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here.
It’s important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.
An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.
If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.
Never make a decision until you have to.
Because you’re such a good salesman, and if you go work for a company, they’re going to use you as a salesman. If you’re going to be a salesman, you might as well be selling something worthwhile, like education.
If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?
You can’t get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.
Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting.
I’m sorry. It’s my fault. How do I make it right?
Look, I’m going to find a way to be happy, and I’d really love to be happy with you, but if I can’t be happy with you, then I’ll find a way to be happy without you.
When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.
Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.
I feel like I’m waiting on something that isn’t going to happen. Don’t complain; just work harder.
Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.
The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they’re learning something else.
Respect authority while questioning it.
Are you a Tigger or an Eyore?
If you have a question, then find the answer.