When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.

Valuing time with your family does not mean you've lost your ambition. Define success for yourself.

Having talent isn't merely about being competent; confidence is actually a part of that talent.

Life, on confidence, is an extraordinary and powerful thing

Think less. Take action. Be authentic.

You should no more allow sinful imaginations to accumulate in your mind and soul than you would let garbage collect in your living room.

She had shown him by her independence how it was only fear that held people together. The fear of being alone and the fear of being different.

Apply expectations appropriately. Do not assume [all] adults are as grown up and mature as they should be, or appear to be.

I would make an anonymous call and say, this is someone who cares, do you know what kind of children you have?

The proper response toward what we occasionally imagine to be democracy, methinks, is to retain one's self-respect by not participating in it.

Real character is formed in the midst of the battles of the soul.

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.

Every novel is a debtor to Homer.

Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as I can, but you reach a point as the author where you have lost all perspective.

Whenever I do overcome my inherent fear, it turns out well.