It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.

When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape.

When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.

Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest- well, that is a choice.

Most people think it takes a long time to change. It doesn’t. Change is immediate! Instantaneous! It may take a long time to decide to change…but change happens in a heartbeat!

There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take.

Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.

Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults.

Ask yourself this question everyday: What is it about me that other people would change if they could?

They are simple people, most of them, but that doesn't make them subhuman.You are telling them Jesus loves them, but not much.

If you are saying the same thing as everyone else, then why would and why should anyone think you are different from everyone else?

People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.

If more persons would get so enthused over their day's work that some one would have to remind them to go out to lunch there would be more happiness in the world and less indigestion.

[Jews were] fomenting a general plague on the whole world.

I love to negotiate things, I do it really well, and all that stuff. But it's possible I won't be able to get along with Putin.

It's not like I'm not writing great music anymore, it's just that I want to take it another level.

The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.

President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.