Working smart is harder than working hard. It’s just less visible, and we care too much about what others see.

Being able to pick and read good waves is almost more important than surfing well.

Great stories build relationships and make people care. Those two things are necessary to change anything.

Good fortune and talent are both ingredients of success, but like any recipe, they can be substituted with clever alternatives. The one irreplaceable ingredient I've found, however, is work.

Genius has less to do with the size of your mind than how open it is.

Image is only temporal. Substance endures. Who said, "Image is everything"? And who believed it?

And after everything been said and done, the mind only believes what our heart feels.

That moment I felt a bit like crying. I don't really know why. Nana's hand felt so warm that it even warmed my heart.

When the well is dry, people know the worth of water. [so appreciate what you have while you have it]

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization.

I think that's why we're always so fascinated with criminal stories because there but for the grace of God it could be us.

If you look at revenge we are still winning three one you know, so I don't think it is a question of revenge, is a question of a personal thing

The moral is to make all one can out of life and live up to one's fingers' ends.

Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells.

Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left.