I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Sometimes he was weird, sometimes he was Captain Douchebag, but he was always my best friend.

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history.

Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.

Consequences cannot alter statutes, but may help to fix their meaning.

It seems to me that when I see nature I see it ready-made, completely written - but then, try to do it!

You don't get out of life what you want. You get out of life who you are.

I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.

Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

By giving every child a fair start, we are improving our collective future, including the private sector's ability to find talent in a very competitive global marketplace.