Philanthropy is the rent we pay for the joy and privilege we have for our space on this earth.

What you do for yourself is fleeting and dies with you. What you do for others has unending benefit and is eternal.

Life is a wheel. The more you give, the more you get back.

Few actions of consequence in the world have been accomplished without passion.

It's hard to outdo the Lord in generosity.

When we come into this life, we don't really own anything. And we own nothing when we leave. It is only a lease we have during our lifetime, and it is up to us to make the most of it.

Excellence is never an accident.

Each needs the other: capital cannot do without labor nor labor without capital.

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

There was part of me that wanted to see the world and travel to distant places, but I could only do it in my imagination, so I read ferociously and imagined things.

There is nothing to guarantee the superior judgment, knowledge, and integrity of an inspector or a bureaucrat-and the deadly consequences of entrusting him with arbitrary power are obvious.

We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.

Whatever attracts the mind from God, whatever draws the affections away from Christ, is an enemy to the soul.

My records are borderline dance records. They've got a real electro-rock heart and soul, and the vibe of the sentiment is pop, but there's a lot of people that were like, 'This is a dance record.'

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

Nature is economical. She puts her lights and darks only where she needs them.