Never, in the history of the world, has there been such abundant opportunity as there is now for the person who is willing to serve before trying to collect.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

All providences are doors to trial. Men may be drowned in seas of prosperity as well as in rivers of affliction.

Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.

The boat was so old; it must have been launched when Long John Silver had two legs and an egg on his shoulder.

He was my tormentor and my solace; the creator of the dark and the light within.

Comic books and graphic novels are a great medium. It's incredibly underused.

Bill Clinton may in fact be moving back into the White House. And coincidentally I'm thinking about moving back into my mother's house.

In mysticism we reorder those awarenesses. We combine and recombine them endlessly. We assemble them so we can experience aspects of the universe that most people will never know.

To understand Afghanistan, you have to face the stress the average Afghan deals with.

Grief is a circular staircase.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.