Sometimes you have to avoid mentioning things because people's feelings are tender.

Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.

Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. ~Garrison Keillor

Leaderships about transforming lives and making a difference through innovation and purpose, grounded in values and integrity

Every now and then we're going to fail.

My focus in 2010 was on just running fast races. My focus in 2011 was for winning at the World Championships. This year has been a combination of the two so we'll see what kind of time it brings.

I started training bodybuilding in 1983.

The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

You do have all five sense when you're in a room together. You communicate and understand each other in a much deeper way. It is a different form of communication from writing or being on the web.

Writing is a business and should be practiced as such. On days when you think you can’t possibly write a line you do it anyhow.

I love Vancouver. I can be with my family, I can reconnect with the guys. It will always be my home.

The mystery is that whoever shows up when we dare to give has exactly what we need hidden in their trouble.

There is no lapse in His character or inconsistency in His nature. Our God is everything he says He is… for now and all eternity.