"To live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A humble soul understands that the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."

"Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them."

"Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven!"

"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen."

"My dad didn't drive - the only dad I knew who didn't."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"It is a steadfast truth that the distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort."