People respond more to the authority of status, than the authority of truth.

People fear what they do not understand.

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.

Most physical battles begin once mental ones have been lost, anyway. Conquer the mind, conquer the body.

The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.

No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

[Everything you write is] not simply a collection of words, but a means of influence not to be taken lightly. Let your recipient's emotions be the gondola, and your words, its gondolier.

It's like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife.

I had a naiveté that I would remember the things that I had written already, but I was getting lost in the forest of my own ideas and having to find my way out.

If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.

Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality.

Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff - and it's out of respect.

I believe BMX has shaped me into who I am today, so if this journey never would have begun, then who knows the person I would be or what I would be doing with my life.

It is always character first and story second.

If somebody praises you; change the topic!

On a team, trust is all about vulnerability, which is difficult for most people.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.