But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That’s why the truth is so important.

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

Fate occasionally touches us all in ways we don't always understand.

The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.

Never waste any moment of your life seeking approval or acceptance from people. They are not your creator.

There is a correlation between the severity of a person’s moods and a lack of self-knowledge.

In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.

Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation.

I was never a cokehead or anything like that. I always despised that drug. I thought it was a waste of time, pointless.

I don't know what it's like to not work; my family embedded that in me.

Understanding sometimes is not enough to explain something.

Willpower is a muscle that can be strengthened.

If we're just trying to be accurate, then how about 'The Doomed to Fail Bunch'?" said Constance. "Honestly! We can't even name ourselves.

The most deadly picture is a picture of nothing at all. The colors are there, but there is no image, nothing.