Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.

It is better to be well deserving without praise than to live by the air of undeserved commendation.

Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence.

When the scale of sensuality bears down that of reason, the baseness of our nature conducts us to most preposterous conclusions.

A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof.

There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience.

Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief.

People change. Sometimes I think they don't know they're changing until it's already happened, though. You get so used to being one person, it's weird when you wake up and everything is different.

My potential is limitless, but the day is holding me back.

Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

Chronicles are not explanatory of what they record.

I'm gonna speak the truth until the day I die!

I knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert.

While Safeco's turnaround is one of the greatest things I have ever participated in, the heart-wrenching decisions to let people go will stay with me forever.

My identity was stolen by two separate peoplewho I hope are playing me better

I am lucky. I am fortunate. I found the love of my life.

Prepare yourself for the worst, and the best will always happen.