Death is the light by which the shadow of all of life’s meaning is measured. Confronting the reality of our own mortality is important because it obliterates all the crappy, fragile, superficial values in life. You are going to die, and that’s because you were fortunate enough to have lived.

The hazard in any such discussion of ‘what matters most’ in life, though, is that it tends to give rise to a kind of paralysing grandiosity.

More failure comes from excess cautions than bold actions.

All organizations start with WHY, but only the great ones keep their WHY clear year after year.

To put your things in order means to put your past in order, too. It’s like resetting your life and settling your accounts so that you can take the next step forward.

Valuable virality requires that the best part of the story and the brand name are intertwined.

The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self - all your wishes and precautions - to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead.

The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

We’re here to remind ourselves of values that unite us and commitments that keep us heading in the right direction. We’re here to choose again what we chose before.