Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation—without the pestilence of panic or fear.

The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.

Bad companies are destroyed by crisis. Good companies survive them. Great individuals, like great companies, find a way to transform weakness into strength.

Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.

You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.

There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.

Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.

What is known can't jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.

The most powerful predictor of what spreads online is anger.

Dollar for dollar there is no better investment in the world than a book

They can because they think they can.

I always said I never wanted to write about love, but then I went and did that anyway.

I have specific playlists for different books and characters. So, I need to have those with me. It helps me get into the mindset of the book.

I've always shrunk from usurping the functions of Providence, and when I have to exercise them I decidedly prefer that it shouldn't be on an errand of destruction.

Your blood coagulates beautifully.

Anyone who does anything useful will not go unpaid.

I experienced American golf courses when I was younger and played a lot of USGA and AJGA tournaments.

Actually everybody has a story, a fairy tale in their heart that they adhere to.

If you're hurt, lick your wounds and get up again. If you've given it your absolute best, it's time to move forward.

Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.