What people say about you, good or bad, is not nearly as important as what you are.

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.

Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing.

The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream.

A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.

It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.

Love has no limits, which is why we fall impulsively into the depths of our feelings.

White writers can be blunt about race and get all activist because their anger isn’t threatening

Disturbed to her very soul, Finley could only shake her head. "You ask too much."A crooked grin curved his mouth. "Too much? You strange and wonderful girl, that is the least I'll ask of you.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.

If I, this mortal shell, am going to die, let me at least live on through my creations.

I loved love til' it resented me, and if it's still a stranger then I love who it pretends to be.

When I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into my soul and calm my fears.

American Stance: Everything not forbidden is permitted. Prussian Stance: Everything not permitted is forbidden.