Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.

I eat the hearts of girls and puke slugs and snails.

Only those who love with the heart can animate the love of others.

Everything considered, a determined soul will always manage.

I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward.

God wants us to be totally dependent on Him, and suffering seems to bring us to that point.

I'm very protective of my heart

Love is the experience that others are not others. Beauty is the experience that objects are not objects.

Go sit down and look pale.

I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am.