The problems afflicting a nation are always in equal measure spiritual crises.

Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.

It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.

These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

The whole game was about confidence, as it always was. Everything was fine—until it wasn't.

If the opposite of certainty is doubt, humility must lie somewhere between the two,

If the breadth of perspectives is wide enough to represent the fullest range of views, consensus is unlikely. If consensus is swiftly achieved, it probably means too few voices have been heard.

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

Do not speak wickedness, Tania. God can yet deliver us, if He chooses. If not, we shall glorify Him with our deaths. Jonah Havalseth

Nothing is so weakening as regret.

The settled man can cope with love and hate from others, but never with their indifference.

I don't feel that one instrument has more weight than others. Any sound that you can produce adds to your vocabulary of possibilities.

Goals determine what your going to be

Clap for the heavy weight champ ME But I couldn't do it all alone WE

May the Child Jesus be the star that guides you through the desert of your present life.

A truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along.

Did you ever build a castle in the Air? Here is one, brought down to earth and fixed for the wonder of ages.