The best way to become a writer is to go off and write.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

It is a matter of life and death for us

People take advantage of good people. That's what I mean. So don't be a sucker.

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.

We are not free to break our covenants and escape the consequences.

You're a pretty cool customer, huh?" says Agent Hunt. "I hide my inner pain under my stoic visage." Agent Hunt looks like he would like to put his fist through my stoic visage.

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house

You only need a heart full of grace

Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.

The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.