For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Recommended reading: Steve Jobs.

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.

Recommended reading: Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

Recommended reading: The Fun Of It.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

Recommended reading: Einstein: His Life and Universe.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Recommended reading: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Recommended reading: Swann’s Way: In Search of Lost Time.

Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

Recommended reading: The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Recommended reading: Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Recommended reading: Man’s Search for Meaning.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

Recommended reading: The Salmon of Doubt.