Calculated risks are part of what you do, but the idea that something completely crazy will work just because it's completely crazy is completely crazy.

Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.

Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.

Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.

Champions behave like champions before they are champions

Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.

I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure—and their ability to overcome it.

Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.

Many people erroneously think they have only one chance to succeed, and if they miss that chance, they are doomed to failure. In fact, most people have several opportunities to succeed.

The minute you step away from the negative people in your life you will instantly see the beauty in your horizon.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

To most Christians, the Bible is like a software license. Nobody actually reads it. They just scroll to the bottom and click 'I agree'.

Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance.

As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.

Life like two broken hands trying to pick flowers for someone you really like.

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Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.

Politicians, like bombers, seldom see their victims.

Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.

Opinions, from experts, cost money.

Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.