When no one is selfless in a relationship, there is war. When one is selfless, there is peace. When both are selfless, there is joy.

You'll never be great at anything you're not passionate about.

Life is not "either or," it's "both and"

The secret to failing isn't failing; the secret to failing is failing forward.

If you don't live in your strengths, you'll die in your weaknesses. Do first and most what you're good at, and bring others along who are good at your weaknesses.

We learn to trust man when he does what we expect him to do; we learn to trust God when He doesn't do what we expect Him to do.

Great leaders remove obstacles-including themselves.

It is home. The Twin Cities are home and [Ames] is home. It’s definitely always a place that’s going to be very special to me.

Take 30 seconds to encourage everyone you meet today. Everyone. Be genuine and transparent. And do it. Then do it tomorrow. Repeat.

If you can't change the status quo, make the status quo, change.

Emotion is always multiplied in the art of a person who doesn't really show much emotion. It once expanded deep within his hidden soul, and following the downplay his audience is blown away.

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

If I made it it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

Your targets can only be realized on the basis of dreams.

I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future.

Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate.

I wouldn't want to be a talk show host. That's another awkward compliment people make. 'You should have your own talk show.' And I think, no thank you.

Trace of Magic caught me up fast and pulled me in tight for a fun, action-and-sass adventure full of deadly magic and dangerous romance. Diana Pharaoh Francis delivers a downright terrific read.

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

What a man knows isn’t important. It’s what he is that counts