You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good.

Good is not good enough when better is expected

A Christmas gambol oft could cheerThe poor man's heart through half the year.

You can posses what you desire.

It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters is writing the next poem. Publication is best seen as a happy accident.

Chair lifts need to be in some places so that we can get to wonderful views without having to hike to them.

I'm not silly enough to think I'm going to change the whole culture ... but I do have a belief that soccer can go to a different level.

It is the most vicious of all crimes - to be abused by someone you had a relationship with! Because then you blame yourself.

Wearing a hat implies that you are bald if you are a man and that your hair is dirty if you are a woman.

People don't lack resources, they just lack control over their resources.