The will to succeed should be powerful: The willingness to prepare for success is paramount (KR, 1990)

True heartfelt gratitude offers moments of profound reflection, on the blessings which constantly fill our lives (KR, 1998)

Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.

Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine and I don’t like it, or I suspect it is better than my novels and I don’t like it.

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.

That's the first thing they teach you in bowling, by the way. Don't press the ball against your nose. The other one is don't lick the pins.

It is a moral issue how we are going to treat workers. On these issues, these are moral issues, principled issues, where there aren't compromises.

I would have done anything for him. Maybe that was my sickness.

The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.

Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free/to be more like the man you were made to be

Some people say "if we split up,we can cover more ground"-with blood