Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized.

When you see a good move, look for a better one.

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.

The hardest game to win is a won game

Without error there can be no brilliancy

I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.

The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.

The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind

I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long

Revisit your past only to recognize how far you have come.

September and October of 2008 was the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.

I took part in two 'Leverage' conventions. Fans fly in from as far as Russia and Australia. It's expensive to attend.

God made every man to have power to be mightier than the events round about him; to hold by his firm will the reigns by which all things are guided.

Kevin Garnett did the classic hold me back but fall away at the same time.

With every sentence she writes, Davis freshens the senses. Her novels achieve a tone that’s unlike anyone else’s, creating an atmosphere you don’t so much interpret as breathe.

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.

Age enlarges and enriches the powers of some musical instruments - notably those of the violin - but it seems to set a piano's teeth on edge.

I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.

All the messages our kids are getting is money-taking, not giving.