"Value people on their potential, not on their history."

"Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character."

"Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions."

"Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success."

"We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn't ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits, cravings, family and history but rather incorporates them into the conversation. The more they are allowed in, the more able we will be to follow our best instincts."

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."

"My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay."

"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."