Because I'm English, I try not to make any purely American references, because I want to limit how much I'm pretending to be American.

Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.

Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.

Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living.

Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.

Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or your might.

There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.

Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by the crowd.

INTENTIONS + ACTION = WILL

A seagull manager is one who periodically flies into the area, makes a lot of noise, dumps on the people, maybe eats their lunch, and flies away.

Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.

American girls never whimper.

Nobody knows what's in him until he tries to pull it out. If there's nothing or very little the shock can kill a man.

All our losses and sufferings will be made up to us in the resurrection.

Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? The shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more than equal to that task.

The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

Once a vampire drinks another vampires blood they are connected to them forever

Let me tell you the truth: The truth is what is. And what should be is a fantasy a terrible, terrible lie that someone gave the people long ago.

I want to write about grown-up things.

Only another writer can know how much damage writing a novel can do to you. It's an unnatural activity to sit at a desk and squeeze words out of yourself.