Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

The past does not define me, it ignites me. The past is not a piece of me, it has placed me.

Free drinks have no carbs.

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.

Bernie Mac don't sugarcoat.

The well-run group is not a battlefield of egos.

I knew once a very covetous, sordid fellow [perhaps William Lowndes], who used to say, 'Take care of the pence, for the pounds will take care of themselves.

A face at the window, a tap on the pane, who is it that wants me tonight in the rain?

The Archer novels are about various kinds of brokenness.

To revive sorrow is cruel.

The hottest coals of fire ever heaped upon the head of one who has wronged you are the coals of human kindness.