You can’t embrace your whole life if you’re shut down.

Foolish heart, hear me calling. Stop before you start falling. Foolish heart, heed my warning; you've been wrong before. Don't be wrong anymore.

There's always a price for what you want.

You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing the rest of my life doing that.

The injury that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.

We have focused only on the negatives, and not enough on incredible stories of the human spirit and of rebirth and rebuilding. That's equally important as the tragedy.

Poverty's potential for character building is far overrated.

I'm so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say 'Gee whiz, the vocal's beautiful.' I hear, 'It needs to be better.'

Teaching is the highest art; before the doctor, there was a teacher.

I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing.

A whole other generation is coming up to me now - anywhere from 8 to 22 years old - wanting me to sign autographs. They think Journey was awesome.

I'd made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters' hearts.

Missional leaders understand the power of connecting relationally in their community through personal networking.

Never stop developing and perfecting your abilities, even if you have already achievedsignificant, visible results.

Everything with a beginning has an ending. Any magic that can be done, can be undone. Anything you can make, can be unmade.

No salesman can ever guarantee you a grant from any government or non-profit organization.

Gratitude feels so good because it is the state of mind closest to your natural state in which you were born to live.

President Bush got a little upset with a reporter for calling him 'sir' instead of 'Mr. President.' Man, how upset is he going to be after the election when they start calling him George again?

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

The light and heat of the universe comes from the sun, and its cold and darkness from the withdrawal of the sun.

Even my mom. I have to tell her, "If you want a snack, don't go to bed with potato chips. Eat a handful of pistachios and a handful of dates."