Human strength plus intelligence cannot unlock the door that God is hiding its key.

If where we are now and whatever we are going through does not motivate us to leave this world better than the way we met it, we are in this world for wrong reasons.

No expensive car can keep life going except, strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.

We should always hope and expect to see a brand new day filled with hope, love and joy.

You can't reign in obscurity you can't shine in your comfort zone.

He who believes not in your quest should not sail with you, so that he won't sink your ship.

Forgiveness is the only battery that can power our relationship with God and other men like us.

Your approach and response to issues will determine how people will relate and deal with you per time.

Visionless people are prone to harm and trouble, because they always follow any path and end anyhow.

We must desire to see people rising in life, rather than looking for ways to contribute to their fall.

He who puts off the light of another had sown the seed of darkness into his own future.

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

A good friend is someone who gets ya drunk and then walks ya home afterwards.

If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a totally tree-lined golf course where trees are not a part of the strategy.

It was always clear to me that I would have to earn my readers, some I would have to find, some to create.

You'd be surprised how fast things happen when the right man comes along.

I think it's important to understand that North Carolina has been ground zero for conservative backlash.

I always try to have a book on hand, traveling is an excellent way of providing perspective, and studying Art History has made going to art museums way more fun than you can imagine.

You can hide as cleverly as you like, but in the final analysis mimicry is deception, pure and simple. It doesn't solve a thing.

It's cool that people like what I do, but I don't work for the audience.

The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.