Respect every opponent, but fear none.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

Love is a flame of fire.

We must always change renew rejuvenate ourselves otherwise we harden.

After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.

In theology the conservative temper tends to formalism.

Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're "equally infinite." Infinity just is, and that's the way I think love is, too.

Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again, just by being around him and talking.

You never know what the future holds or where my life will take me.

There are two types of people in life - those who get it and those who don't.

People power. It has no limits.

If I feel like I'm writing from an agenda, that's when I throw something away. If I have a strategy I feel like I'm doing it for the wrong reasons.