There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.

Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.

When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.

To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).

Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.

It comes from within.

We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

First wives are a rite of passage into adult life. In many ways it’s important that first marriages go wrong. That’s how we learn the truth about ourselves.

I don't think we [the USA] need more troops. I think we need to be less worried about civilian casualties.

I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style

You can't dodge your responsibilities by saying they don't exist!

Sometimes you can't realize you're in a bad mood until another person enters your orbit.

To play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent youth

Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can.

I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the college level, to bring people into cycling.

Sometimes we push ourselves. We take a workout and we use it as a way to crack open our shell, let the pain rush in and push out the stagnant wounds of the heart. Sometimes a workout sets you free.

Beauty, if you do not open your doors, takes age from lack of use.