Sometimes life gets weird. Hang in there, it gets better.

A writer’s promise is like a tiger’s smile

Assumptions are quick exits for lazy minds that like to graze out in the fields without bother.

When life gives you a second chance, don’t just run with it…fly.

There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground.

Your looks do not define who you are.

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

The deepest and most enduring happiness is found only in God. Not from God, but in God.

Become a "learning organization". Shuck your arrogance - "if it isn't our idea, it can't be that good" - and become a determined copycat/ adapter/ enhancer.

The most fun is to play clubs, because you actually get to see the people.

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to Oxford than if you were to pass a twelvemonth with the undergraduates, or heads of colleges, of that famous university.