I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton.

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.

To truly be successful you must of have a clear vision of what success means to you & then share that knowledge with others to grow a team ~bns~

Belief that we know all & we are always right Leads to distance & silenceKeep learning & Keep Expressing....

You can only learn through failure, and what ye learn is the importance ay preparation.

Story is a medicine which strengthens and arights the individual and the community.

I imagine 'Daily Grace' as, like, your awkward older sister who tries to give you advice.

I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.

I love having candles, especially when you get downtime. I could just pass out seeing the flame flicker with the lights off.

People have been kind enough to compare me to Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. I think it's amazing that they even put my name in the same sentence.

It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts!

On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!