In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.