[Having monologue] are talking to somebody even if it's just to yourself, convince yourself if that's what you're trying to do.

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

Reason in my philosophy is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

The real threat to U.S. military power is nuclear proliferation, because if every little country has nuclear weapons it becomes very tricky for the United States to engage in military action.

Is such an alliance helpful to us in this day and age? Are we creating a cold war in order to justify NATO?

From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.

Prayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God.

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.

I used to like the word of the day and when I read, highlight words that I didn't know and look them up.