It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in the right direction. And you can't ever take the next step until you take the first.

You're sacking them, you're bagging them. And that's what you're doing with a quarterback.

Be patient with the negative people of the world. Take a moment to think how they are helping you clarify your own thinking and firming your own resolve. Then, headslap them out of your way.

Anytime you go upside a man's head - or a woman - then they have a tendency to blink they eyes. Or close they eyes.

You are one of a kind, one in a billion, an incredible unique individual. The problem is, so is everybody else.

All men are created equal. After that, it's up to you.

And so now you think society is to blame for the mess you made of yourself?

I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.

You'll find your life greatly simplified if you only worry about stuff you can fix.

The only thing Native Americans ever did better than the rest of us is spirituality. Of course, that's everything, isn't it?

I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.

It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you.

One of the difficulties of being a writer must be that you create drama that you can't live out. That's one of the wonderful things about acting.

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.

One must exploit the asynchronies that have befallen one, link them to a promising issue or domain, reframe frustrations as opportunities, and, above all, persevere.

We brought nothing into this world and it's certain we can carry nothing out.

If we serve Jesus then every act & thought has meaning. Acts of kindness aren't just niceties, they become acts of worship.

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.

We're just fragile machines programmed with a false sense of our own importance. And every now and then the universe sends a reminder that we don't really matter to it.

Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them.

Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top.