Don't be afraid of losing, be afraid of playing a game and not learning something.

Don't worry about your rating, work on your playing strength and your rating will follow.

When you trade, the key concern is not always the value of the pieces being exchanged, but what's left on the board.

If you are interested in improving, think of a draw offer as an offer to remain ignorant of what you would have learned in the remainder of the game.

Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.

When you give yourself fully with your mind and body to a mission, you can get more than 100% returns.

Dignity impacts the quality of your external world in your relationships, communications, and interactions.

It felt good to sit around and agree, to have a common enemy and a shared struggle. It felt good to be understood.

Our culture has long mistrusted the body. It's been seen as a confusing blend of God's handiwork and the devil's playground. It is, rather, a vortex of intelligence.

If one is constantly challenged, one grows. If one becomes complacent, one stultifies.

At work you worry over the family at home. At home you fret over work left undone. Behold the working woman's stress.

What did a person need to survive? Food. Water. Shelter. Warmth in cold weather. And something else... books.

I don't mind plain women being puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being plain.

Don't waste time asking God to keep you from doing things. Don't do them.