Diligence is not easy, but we can't reach our goals without it.

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.

When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform... sends fuel to the brain.

The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.

In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.

Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.

The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.

Whatever's happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don't treat it like it's the whole story. Keep writing the story.

Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.

Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

History is a better guide than good intentions.

The great lie that science has given us is that reality is material.

When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb outside with a pencil and a ten cent notebook and start the whole thing over again.

You make this world better by changing your thoughts and by becoming better.

They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for himself, but for his character, for his integrity and judgment and iron will; but they love him most for the enemies he has made.

Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.

I've always been fascinated by the concept of time.

Being from Baltimore, I'm a crab cake snob, and I'm very particular on where I eat my crab cakes.

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.