“Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs.”

“The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.”

“If you’re male, and you’re Christian and living in America, your father is your model for God. And sometimes you find your father in your career.”

“I have dozens of loyal fans! Baker’s dozens! …they come in thirteens.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.”

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”

“Done is better than perfect.”

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

“If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing thing you don’t like doing, which is stupid.”

“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”

“Why do they always teach us that it’s easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It’s the hardest thing in the world–to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want.”