If you want to make real money, do something that scares the crap out of 99% of the population, and only one person in a couple of hundred is physically capable of.

If you're not terrified, you're not going to win. You have to ride right up to the edge of control and not make any mistakes that cost you time.

No two situations are identical, but with years of experience you can usually find a comparison to something you did before, which shortens the process of deciding how to approach a job.

You can critique her writing, but not her lifestyle.

(A gentleman) is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.

This joy that He brings us transcends every human trial, it is a joy that can strengthen even the weakest of hands

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

Religion was important to me. My family and I were very religious. I acctualy believe the work I did was a calling from God himself.

You cannot have both truth and what you call civilisation.

If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you.

A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back.

To be successful, you must be daring, be first and be different.

One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule.