What man is really anti-progressive? For he is only anti-certain-people's-visions-for-the-future.

The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

The weather is nature's disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature's disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy's lies.

The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.

(Only God can make a tree and She seldom tries, nowadays.)

Become the master of your life. Be dedicated to becoming excellent at what you want. Persistence leads to achievement.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond, ' I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart, and I was suddenly a single father.

My mom and I are very close.

Well, there doesn't seem anything else for an ex-President to do but to go into the country and raise big pumpkins.

An artisan without memories, whose only dream was to die of fatigue in the oblivion and misery of his little gold fishes.

Focus like a laser, not a flashlight

Some disappointment is always the price of brave dreaming.

There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.