Paradise is not a place, it’s a state of mind.

Moral character is the DNA of success and happiness.

When you master the basics, and execute them well, there’s no need to worry about the score.

Courageous people know that saying ‘no’ to one idea enables them to say ‘yes’ to another.

Real leaders focus resources in areas that provide the greatest opportunity rather than making across-the-board decisions.

Fair-minded people earn the respect of their colleagues rather than demanding it.

Courageous people know that old ways of doing things shouldn’t stand in the way of a better solution.

Courageous people run toward the problem rather than away from it.

When you compete against yourself, you both win.

Sadly, some folks don’t live . . . they merely exist.

Trust takes a long time to develop, but can be lost in the blink of an eye.

Deception and privileged secrets are common facets of politics.

How many men can say, as I must, 'I am a man whose only friend is the King of England'? I have everything, you would think. And yet take Henry away, and I have nothing.

Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.

Today when I begin writing I’m aware: something that I don’t understand drives this engine.

I'm gonna stick your head so far up your *ss your gonna have to cut holes in your nipples to see!

If I ever mary, it will be on a suddn impulse - as aman shoots himself

The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, what a mess I am, I thought, what a fool, how foolish and narrow, how worthless, how pinched and pathetic, how helpless.

Anything can be any color at any time depending on what color everything else is at the time.

The only thing you can do to make me that angry is to lie with another man" ~ Raphael, Guild Hunter, Nalini Singh

I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.