Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Know or listen to those who know.
Leap, and the net will appear.
You never know what motivates you.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.