Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.

Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.

Writing, then, was a substitute for myself: if you don't love me, love my writing & love me for my writing. It is also much more: a way of ordering and reordering the chaos of experience.

Ninja Mom's know that God has never left them!

It's hard to explain how this works, and I admit that it's fairly implausible or untenable as a way of life, but that seems to be how I go about my days: peaceably in person, fiercely on paper.

You can always tell the golfer who's winning: he's the one who keeps telling his opponent that it's only a game.

I am the one I have been looking for.

I don't get a whole lot out of the romance thing, but I realize girls do. So I'll go out of my way to make them feel romanced.

Look at the world and see what's there. It's very beautiful. It's a very exciting but in some ways treacherous world, and all this goes into the writing.

I think it's that everyday training that is what's really important.

James Franco has diligently studied my style for months on end and he should win a Grammy.

Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most.