I don't have a religious bone in my body but I believe artists (of any medium), in our best selves, are vessels of truth.

Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination.

The most interesting things in life happen just on the other side of your comfort zone.

If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract the right strategy. If you don't have a clear vision, no strategy will save you.

You lose your way when you lose your why.

Nothing will undermine your effectiveness as a leader faster than a bad marriage.

A goal is not just about what you accomplish. It’s about what you become.

You can't fail if you don't quit. You can't succeed if you don't start.

Leaders have the privilege and responsibility of going first. The most powerful way that anybody can lead is by example.

Most people spend more time planning a one-week vacation than they spend planning their life.

A readership crisis is really a leadership crisis.

The female warrior knows how to fight without violence. She knows when not to raise her sword, but instead hold up her heart. Her shield is not a defense against others but a shelter for all.

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

When asked what I'd be if I weren't a writer, I'm tempted to respond with one of father's favorite phrases, one I despised while growing up: "I hate 'what-ifs.'"

A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.

Religious faith to W. H. Bragg was the willingness to stake his all on the hypothesis that Christ was right, and test it by a lifetime's experiment in charity.

One of the sad things, I think, about the younger generation, quite frankly, is they have less sense of yesterday. And if you don't know who you were, you don't really know who you are.

Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.

What a tragedy is help where it harms what it supports!

Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.

Sometimes you have to admit that a relationship can't be fixed. That no matter how much you want to, you can't trust some people.