Everyone carries a bucket of water and a bucket of gas in life. A leader has learned to throw the right one at the right time.

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.

Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing.

The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream.

A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.

It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

The memory of sacred moment is unforgettable.

Until you accept responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life.

Pray; and as you pray, surrender; and as you surrender, believe.

Intellectuals ... regard over-simplification as the original sin of the mind and have no use for the slogans, the unqualified assertions and sweeping generalizations.

There's absolutely no way you can go barreling into second and dump a guy on a double play, like you should do, when you've been fraternizing with him before a game.

I think that globalization is partly responsible for the spread of the hostile, radical forms of Islam.

A chef who doesn't wash his hands is like a cop who steals. It's a cry for help.

Lots of people were skeptical, but that's always true when you do something that hasn't been done before.

And hey, if I keep loving you, maybe you'll eventually crack and love me too.

A family, like a canoe, must be steered or paddled, or it won't take you where you want to go.