Money is permission to live.

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

There are two theories of evolution. There is the genuine scientific theory; and there is the talk-radio pretend version, designed not to enlighten but to deceive and enrage.

One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.

Churchill wrote his own speeches. When a leader does that, he becomes emotionally invested with his utterances...If Churchill had had a speech write in 1940, Britain would be speaking German today.

Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.

They do horrible, unchildish things because they they have had very horrible, unchildish lives.

we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to do is punish instead of rehabilitate.

from a child in danger to a dangerous child

Vice president: That's the title given to a corporate manager instead of a raise.

The air is cold and dusk has descended. In the distance lightning flickers and a far away rumble of thunder awakens my thoughts and makes me remember.

You can't steal second base and keep one foot on first.

It's amazing, if you know what you want to say, how fast it is to write.

I don't enjoy hearing the sound of my voice. The most important things for me are impossible to articulate extemporaneously.

I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ... if I can't take him with me, I don't want to go.

Jesus Christ was a simple man walked around, did a few miracles, said a few things and died. It was enough for him to say what he felt and glow with the light of eternity.

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)

I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do.

You don't think the losing is ever going to end, but when it does end, you get to enjoy it and keep working with it and keep getting it better, and that's where we are.