Once I stop spending energy trying to prevent things I have no control over, I have a tremendous amount of energy to focus on the places where I can make a difference.

When I think I can’t go anymore, I go anyway.

If you ever expect life to be fair, you are in for a shocking disappointment. Life is what it is. Fair is something we made up.

Exercise not only tones the muscles, but also refines the brain and revives the soul.

Maybe the problem is that I was never taught to enjoy failure as an opportunity.

If I go a little over the top sometimes, don't worry; That's where all the sunshine is.

Fear is the illusion that I have some control over the bad things that might happen to me.

When something is impossible, I do it anyway.

A difficulty journey is more revealing of character than any discussion or analysis.

Food is a creative, personal journey

A difficult journey is more revealing of character than any discussion or analysis.

They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will.

Overcoming obstacles requires commitment and strength. Despite all odds, face each journey with courage, each struggle with accomplishment, and each challenge with victory.

Silence is a 'contingent' phenomenon with positive or negative qualities. When it has to be assessed it needs to be 'contextualized' by exploring its background.

Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

How, frequently, some murder'd man appear'd, To tell his wife and children who had done it.

I've written a couple screenplays and half-finished plays.

He has found himself more and more reliant on her at exactly the point that she has become less available to him.

What you have inherited from your forefathers, it takes work to make it your own.

Life is a series of decisions that cuts off infinite possibilities at every turn. Most people look at that as a sad unfortunate fact of life. Successful people see it as a source of tremendous power.

Failure was a key element to my life’s journey.