Excellence results from the accumulation of proper choices compounded over time.

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.

Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing.

The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream.

A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.

It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

Much blood has been spilled over words, and a great deal of it over the word ‘God.’ (125)

It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being.

It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.

The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library.

I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate.

We don't run out of stories, because of the characters. But also every year, the NFL, like a crazy rich uncle we never see, just drops some stories off at our door.

Modernity has created more problems than it is capable of solving. Millions of people are now condemned to wait endlessly for their redemption through modernity.

A thief is like a person who has been dead from the start.

To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.

I believe German soldiers are good and decent, and if they did anything wrong it was because of military necessity.