I think it’s weird that people think someone who’s not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago.

There’s no sense talking about priorities. Priorities reveal themselves. We’re all transparent against the face of the clock.

You can’t buy time or save it, common idioms notwithstanding. You can only spend it.

Don’t waste your breath proclaiming what’s really important to you. How you spend your time says it all.

Don't waste your breath proclaiming what's really important to you. How you spend your time says it all.

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.

I think it's weird that people think someone who's not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago.

Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act.

Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not pushing yourself. And if you’re not pushing yourself, you’re coasting.

This sense of the safe-deposit box as a totem of responsible security inspired me to rent a box myself shortly after the birth of our first child….