We want greatness, but we prefer it tamed and on a leash short enough for us to control it, yet long enough to allow it to retain some remote yet diminished flavor of greatness.

Ignorance might be bliss, but it also has teeth.

Let me be strong, for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise and to descend to places of impoverishment so destitute that they will squelch my soul and crush my heart.

It would be wise to define ‘living’ as walking in the fullest expression of who I am, verses wallowing in the confines of who I’m not.

To ‘live’ is to realize that without the journey the destination is nothing more than a task rigorously completed rather than an experience riotously lived.

With God, a mountain is only a road waiting to happen.

Eons ago, the creative genius of God foresaw that it would take the shattered pieces of my ‘yesterday’ to construct the sturdy portal to my ‘tomorrow.

We can hide a lot of stuff until God shows up, for when God shows up nothing is hidden, which includes both our embarrassment and His forgiveness.

Is safety the ‘dream’ that will kill all of my other ‘dreams?’ For the truth is, no ‘real’ dream is safe.

God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave.

I can amass countless fortunes and yet stand with empty hands. I can seek God and have fortunes that fill countless hands.

If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.

My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.

Even if that were true, it wouldn't be irony, " Lucas pointed out. "Irony is the contrast between what's said and what happens.

The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient.

If you want to shine like sun, first you have to burn like it.

Life is fired at us point blank.

Last Friday night; Yeah we danced on tabletops. And we took too many shots. Think we kissed, but I forgot?

Work is your life, it’s not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days.

I shake my head and the tiny acrobats fall like spangles, like the cool rain on another planet, down to the inside of my feet.

A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish.