Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.

I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.

If you risk nothing you gain nothing

Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?

Sometimes an ember is all we need.

I've seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it's all gone wrong. That's when we define ourselves.

You don't need to go to the ends of the earth, you don't need to climb Everest to have a great adventure, it's invariably on our doorstep.

A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.

Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.

There is no feeling like coming home after danger.

If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.

All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the hearts of children.

I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the job.

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

The more technology we introduce into society, the more people will aggregate, will want to be with other people: movies, rock concerts, shopping.

There are more inspirational people in music than there are in politics.

When the anchorman is wearing a colonel's uniform, it tells you something.

There is, in fact, an incredible freedom in having nothing left to lose.

No question about it: potential is wrapped in great mystery. Like rainbows, which are really circles-we see only the upper halves, the horizon hides the rest-potential never reveals its entirety.

Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.