A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.

It is possible to become world-class, enter the top 5% of performers in the world, in almost any subject within 6-12 months, or even 6-12 weeks.

The goal is to create a “chit, ” or IOU, so that, assuming you continue to perform well, the organization feels like it owes you the next time.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

The fragile ego will not understand that the depths of another's words may not always be by them but for them

My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life.

Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries.

It wasn't a cutdown to call someone a Mexican. It would kill my career to refer to someone as Mexican today. It's like calling me an American.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.

We need a hit, so here I go.

A strange, warm feeling swirled in my chest, and for a brief moment, when I looked at him, I saw...safety

Grace cannot forgive unconfessed sin.