There is a strong tendency to get used to and accept very bad things that would be shocking if seen with fresh eyes.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

Be wary of the arrogant intellectual who comments from the stands without having played on the field.

Nature gave us pain as a messaging device to tell us that we are approaching, or that we have exceeded, our limits in some way.

There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right.

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I've had.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

If you don't own Gold, you know neither history nor economics.

The more you think you know, the more closed-minded you'll be.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

Without a spiritual wakefulness to divine purposes and connections in all things, we will not know things for what they truly are.

If you don’t have a goal and don’t know where you want to be and when you want be there. You are just drifting around. (You’ll never get anywhere)

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

We should endeavor practically in our lives to correct all the defects which our imagination detects.

Life is weather. Life is meals.

I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.

O, the red rose may be fair, And the lily statelier; But my shamrock, one in three Takes the very heart of me!

I would have every man write what he knows and no more.

I don't want to be a stereotype; I want a character that's aspirational.

The essence of paint ball is the fact that when you get hit by a ball full of paint, it hurts just enough to say, 'Ow, I gotta get out of the way,' but not enough to say, 'I quit.'