Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories. And they will figure out how those stories apply to them. The Last Lecture (2008)
It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not. CMU Graduation speech (2008)
We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully — for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up. CMU Graduation speech (2008)