Most of the awesome people I know are just normal people who were insanely driven.

Books are a staircase to unknown worlds.

You need to believe in your passion, no matter how stupid or insane that might make you look to the rest of the world.

Being awesome really comes down to having confidence.

What do you want for your life? And how are you going to get it? Figure that out. And then follow me to gloryville.

Everyone can be awesome if they want it bad enough. And I don't believe that anyone wants to be average. I think everybody desires greatness, at least at some point in their life.

Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the authors create, and spend time with the characters we give life to.

A book can open the mind, free the heart, and speak to the soul.

The best thing about money is not worrying about money.

Do not pick up the pen unless you understand how heavy it is, and how long you may carry it for.

To me, pain means you're pushing your body to give you everything its got.

Live as many lives as you can.

We were not put on this earth to be ordinary, we were created to be extraordinary.

Trust is central to an economy that works.

Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors - brilliant!

We have a country, we have to have a border.

Now, they're saying I groped a male staffer. Yes, I did. Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn't breathe and four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday.

We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.

This morning I paid seventy cents for two little old dried-up slivers of bacon and one cockeyed egg. It took me till noon to get my appetite back.

Those true eyes, Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise, The sweet soul shining through them.

I would not wish any companion in the world but you.