Most people think it takes a long time to change. It doesn’t. Change is immediate! Instantaneous! It may take a long time to decide to change…but change happens in a heartbeat!

My life - my personality, my habits, even my speech - is a combination of the books I choose to read, the people I choose to listen to, and the thoughts I choose to tolerate in my mind

It's a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story.

When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.

perserverence w/o exception

The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose. Your actions have value far greater than silver or gold.

Everybody wants to reach the top of the mountain, but there is no growth at the peak. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak.