Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.

Don't judge someone's attitude until you've felt their pain.

Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.

Kill your enemies with success and bury them with a smile.... Never fails.

No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence.

Maturity comes with experience, not age.

I'm strong because I know my weaknesses. I'm wise because I've been foolish. I laugh because I've known sadness.

People are not who they say but rather who their actions reveal them to be....Be smart about it. Don't fall for the bullshit.

Smart people think. Brave people talk. Great people act.

People ugly from ignorance and broken from being poor.

We must repent of our prayerlessness. We must make prayer our priority. Even our churches today have gotten away from prayer meetings.

The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s)

Texting is a lot like an answering machine. If you don't want to talk to somebody, it's like screening your calls. To me, it's a way of communication, but not one that I favor.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

The young were always theoretical; only the middle-aged could realize the deadliness of principles.

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

As for me, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are now only the subtlest imaginable essences, which would not stain the morning sky.

Passion is begotten of passion, and it easily happens, as with the children of great men, that the base is the offspring of the noble.

Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.