I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.

Don't let anyone turn you into a slave. You're a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.

Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home.

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.

Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen.

Do your best and let God do the rest.

Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

You just can't stop smiling when you get unconditional love.

At times as he lay in bed listening to her breathing, a fear came over him that after marriage death was the next major event.

A great deal of a child’s life is being asked and being told things by adults and not knowing the answers or what to do. So, I didn’t say anything.

I know it's me that needs this moment. Your hand to hold my heart still cares. A thought I will hold when I wake in the morning, when I turn to you and you're not there.

On 'Check Your Head' and 'Ill Communication, ' most of the lyrics are much more, 'OK, you take that, and I'll say that' - they're split up.

Make a careful list of all things done to you that you abhorred. Don't do them to others, ever.

You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present.

Whatever you want you can get, when you understand the secret of will. But wisdom is needed so that you do not use your will abusively because you'll get hurt.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage - in controlling something, period.

When you see them be successful, however small, you say to yourself, wow. And everything becomes possible. Never denigrate, to say we will not succeed.