Decision-making is lonely.

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.

I am yours. Whatever you ask of me it is done.”- Marc (Marked Book #1) page 179

I found climbing to be a very tactile sport. There's no ball that is zipping through the air ready to crack you in the head. It is just you and the rock base.

If our language is watered down, then mankind becomes less human, and less free.

It's not what I don't know that bothers me - it's what I do know and don't do!

I don't have a clue why I'm famous, either. But I didn't make myself famous. I'm not doing it; you are doing it.

In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.

She knew nothing, but she had everything that he had lost.

Conscience is God present in man.

I grew up with all kinds of people.

I do not know myself how I paint it. I sit down with a white board before the spot that strikes me. I look at what is before my eyes, and say to myself, that white board must become something.