Do you want a collection of brilliant minds or a brilliant collection of minds?

A team is not a bunch of people with job titles, but a congregation of individuals, each of whom has a role that is understood by other members.

Nobody is perfect but a team can be

Good ideas, as we have seen, are not always well received, especially if there are too many of them.

Unfortunately when I'm on my death bed I believe I'll be like most people and still looking for Jesus. And yes I've checked my sock drawer.

If you can't please yourself some of the time, how do you expect to please people all the time? Not everyone is going to appreciate you for your efforts and deeds.

Why are we here? We're here to go!

You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.

A few years ago, a taxi driver told me about a club & a dog. A waiter spoke to me about ladders today. Life is full of lessons for those who listen.

In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.

Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?

The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.

Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the crème de la crème. Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.

When you are doing God's will everything seems to happen without much effort or many obstacles.