Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp.

The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc.

It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan

Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess.

It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.

All conceptions in the game of chess have a geometrical basis.

... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited.

Haste, the great enemy.

We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which the issue does not appear to him too clear.

Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.

A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain?

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

Once any of us conclude- 'That's just the way I am,' we give up our ability to change.

The circumstances of your life are neither good nor bad. They are appropriate to the needs of your soul. They may or may not be what your personality desires.

A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.

Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.

Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.

Demons were like genies or philosophy professors - if you didn't word things exactly right, they delighted in giving you absolutely accurate and completely misleading answers.