We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you'll do it well.

When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

Differences can be a strength.

One of these days, will become a this day. And that day, will be the preeminent of days to come.

Ask the poor. They'll tell you who the christians are.

At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.

When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.

The Human Condition being, basically, that we’re alive and have access to beauty, can even erratically create it, but will someday be dead and will not.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Sometimes it's just silent...No sound at all. 'Does that scare you?' Chad nods. 'Why?' asks his father. 'It's like something's waiting.

How unlike a dead fish a live fish is.

I liked you better when you were this timid little kid. What happened?” “I started living with you guys.” “Oh, right.

Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.