That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

At some point we must make a decision not to allow the mere threat of charges of cultural or religious insensitivity to stop us from dealing with this evil

My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.

Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.

In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.

With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted away from the old European powers.

Networking is an essential part of building wealth.

Even during the worst hardships, when the other things in our lives seem to fall apart, we can still find peace in the eternal love of God.

Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease.

Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk.

In short, we cannot grow, we cannot achieve authentic discovery, and our eyes cannot be cleansed to the truly beautiful possibilities of life, if we simply live a neutral existence.

You can do anything you want to do, if you want to do it bad enough.

--he stopped and eyed Bill Corso--"if you choose to just sit here like a bored jungle gorilla, you will have to write out this quote as many times as you can during the next hour.

Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.

Reviewers do not read books with much care . . . their profession is more given to stupidity and malice and literary ignorance even than the profession of novelist.

McDonald's is over with. But chips and candy and stuff, it's going to be hard to get away from that.

Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.

Thinking should be done before and after, not during photographing.

Those are some strong currents you're swimming against.

The Internet is by the people, for the people.

There was a time when I thought I was doing a good thing with good guys for a good cause. Looking back, I think I really wanted to be a warrior.