It was the worst hurt he had ever known.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.

The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.

There's only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the disappoint­ment s.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Remember, pain and misery are transient and ephemeral but love has the healing power, which is eternal.

Vincent Marc Hoherz. On power.The most effective way to loose your power is to make use of it.

Relationships should be built on trust and truth.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

If you're going to get into music, you've got to learn the 12-bar blues.

See every crack, every detail. I learned to really see and not just look at my business.

I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.

I try to focus on practice. This is work time. This is where we work, this is our office. I try not to let it distract me too much.

Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.

Now is not the time for making new enemies.