An exceptional future can only be built on the transformation of the mess I’ve made out of my past, not the elimination of that mess.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

The Chamber Of Secrets had been opened.Enemies of the heir, beware.

If I feel like I've done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.

From the bodybuilding days on, I learned that everything is reps and mileage. The more miles you ski, the better a skier you become; the more reps you do, the better your body.

We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help.

I love the house that I've been living in for over 40 years. I really am a homebody and I still love to play golf.

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.

You have to try to reply to criticism with your intellect, not your ego.

A family reunion is an effective form of birth control.

We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.

You have made a very good point: both the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I enjoy a fairly high level of trust among the citizens of our countries.