A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

They had been brought up to think that the domestic virtues were self-evident and universal

Do you want to die, or do you want to die trying? Give up or give it a shot.

I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts that actors give you, and you cut them.

Give us Direction; the best of goodwill; Put us in touch with fair winds. Sing to us softly, hum the evening's song. Tell us what the blacksmith has done for you.

I predict the future of this earthly human race is that having made a mess of Earth they'll move to outer space.

So if we use birth control we don't need to be married?

I've seen rock stars agonize over the fact that another artist has far more Facebook 'likes' and Twitter followers than they do.

I don't need exotic places to be stimulated. Out of familiarity comes nuance. The more you revisit a subject the more you're like to discover.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.

The pursuit of your life is to come into [your] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose.