Take 30 seconds to encourage everyone you meet today. Everyone. Be genuine and transparent. And do it. Then do it tomorrow. Repeat.

You'll never be great at anything you're not passionate about.

Life is not "either or," it's "both and"

The secret to failing isn't failing; the secret to failing is failing forward.

If you don't live in your strengths, you'll die in your weaknesses. Do first and most what you're good at, and bring others along who are good at your weaknesses.

We learn to trust man when he does what we expect him to do; we learn to trust God when He doesn't do what we expect Him to do.

When no one is selfless in a relationship, there is war. When one is selfless, there is peace. When both are selfless, there is joy.

Great leaders remove obstacles-including themselves.

It is home. The Twin Cities are home and [Ames] is home. It’s definitely always a place that’s going to be very special to me.

If you can't change the status quo, make the status quo, change.

Take some more tea, " the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly."I've had nothing yet, " Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more." than nothing." opinion, " said Alice.

I earn the magic of words by writing.I learn the myth of worlds by imagining.

No knowledge about self is self-slavery!

She could never understand why creatures of darkness had the slightest interest in spineless human girls.

She did what she could for him. She kissed him in return. She lost her breath and both her hearts, and finally Turned to smoke and back.

Harry looked at him and you could see the murder come in his face. ... Harry didn't say anything, but you could see the killing go out of his face and his eyes came open natural again.

Among the privileges of being a superpower, the right and the ability to make a local quarrel into a global one ranks very high.

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.

The civilization of a state should be measured by the amount of suffering it prevents and the degree of happiness it makes possible for its citizens.

The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.