Purpose

You've got to want to do whatever you want to do more than you want to be whatever you want to be. Want to write more than you want to be a writer. Want to heal more than you want to be a doctor.

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love.

Aim for the stars. You might not reach them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.

Passion should be the fire that drives your life's work.

Every day we are called to do small things with great love.

That's the power of truth and learning and excellence — the search for what it is that ignites the human spirit, overcoming the unexpected and discovering the unknown. That's what life is all about.

Believe that the sort of life you wish to live is, at this very moment, just waiting for you to summon it up. And when you wish for it, you begin moving toward it, and it, in turn, begins moving toward you.

An individual was walking down the street and saw a gentleman chipping away on some stones. He said, 'What are you doing?' The gentleman grumbled, 'I'm building a stone wall.' He continued down the street and saw a second gentleman chipping stones. 'What are you doing?' This gentleman said, 'Well, I'm building a cathedral.'

To whom much is given, much is expected.

The world needs your energy, your passion — it doesn't need your indifference.

The way to be happy is to like yourself, and the way to like yourself is to do only things that make you proud.

Your job is to witness. To witness, to understand, to comprehend, and to celebrate. To celebrate with your lives.