The daring leader helps the people see a future state, greater than their own imagination, and worthy of pursuit.

The leader must have both – the courage to take the people to a daring destination and the humility to selflessly serve others on the journey.

Don’t let your principles sit idle on a plaque. Bring them to life.

Leadership is not about your ambition. It is about bringing out the ambitions of your team.

...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.

He swatted at her with his book. "Shut up and read, will you?"He lay back down and closed his eyes. Emma glanced over to check that he was smiling, and smiled too.

He thought to himself that there could be no greater torture in the world than at the same time to love and to contemn.

waging war against inane language that circulates almost automatically is a writer's eternal mission, and the day will never come when this battles are unnecessary.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

Medicine is the study of disease and what causes man to die. Chiropractic is the study of health and what causes man to live.

ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.

Each day, it seemed, another law was passed to impoverish and diminish them, punishing them for whatever success they achieved and rewarding their less competent and industrious neighbors.

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.

Love is my religion. Hey you can take it or leave it, and you don't have to believe it.