We are to be generous not just in the results of our work, but also IN our work.

It is not loving to impose our own grid onto others. We need to understand their situation and their needs accurately, and this comes from listening to them, not coming in with our own assumptions.

Shoddy work is not just shoddy work. It's a failure of love.

The only way to be productive is to realize we don't HAVE TO be productive. Our goal is to PLEASE God, not APPEASE God.

The scarcity of time is the reason we have to concentrate on one thing at a time.

The knowledge worker cannot be supervised closely or in detail. He must direct himself toward performance and contribution

When you don't have your work clearly defined, there can never be any finish point.

Superficial efficiency seems cheaper at first, but it costs more the long run, with the cost being pushed off onto someone other than the one who saves a few bucks.

As much as theyll let me I do my own stunts and I do all my own fighting.

People are moved by my story, but they're only moved by my story because of what I do on the court.

Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference.

I'd love to make a second film, I'd love to make a third, and I'd love to have a long career doing this.

For me the Anita series is built like a mystery series, which means that as much as possible each book stands alone, so you have a mystery to solve from the beginning to the end of the book.

The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it's that they know so many things that just aren't so.

No matter what is going on, everything is grace.

We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues. There is only small amount left and we will destroy that soon.

I want to struggle and make films. It's not a financial thing, it's more of a who-I-am thing.

It is inconceivable that anyone could say we have tried to hide anything