The story of getting there is greater than the story of being there. Wherever your there might be.

Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow.

Greatness comes from the inside and once you believe you have it, it's yours to share with the world.

‪Fear should stop you for a moment so you can determine whether you're willing to sacrifice something to get you want.

We often don't realize the passing of years until we see them in a child.

Be so focused on believing that you can that it doesn't matter if anyone says you can't.

Behind every dreamer stands an army full of true believers.

If you can remember why you started, then you will know why you must continue.

You may bend, but you will not be broken.

People will have their opinions of you, but you must be able to distinguish theirs from yours.

Your greatest disappointment will often lead you to your greatest appointment.

Think, my friend, think millions of things! Thinking is the Art of God!

There are fires, vast and endless, that burn in me for you. And I will carry them until you are ready to walk through the Flames of me.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy.

We've got an extraordinarily complex tax system that's full of loopholes that are exploited by special interests. I'd like to see those loopholes closed.

You should shower," I said. "Right now." "I smell that bad?" (Patch) Actually, he smelled that good.

I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except himself.

There is no such thing as failure; everything is just a stepping stone to a greater lesson or achievement.

There are the goods; if you want them, you can have them. If you do not want them, they would almost rather that you did not come and talk about them.

I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello.

If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell.