Don't sell out your virtue and your value for something you think you want. Judas got the money, but he threw it all away and hung himself because he was so unhappy with himself.

We need to teach our children how to debate the major life issues. Debate strengthens their beliefs and enables them to defend themselves against ideologies that are going to come their way.

Don't borrow someone else's plan. Develop your own philosophy and it will lead you to unique places.

Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author.

By our attitude, we decide to read, or not to read. By our attitude, we decide to try or give up. By our attitude, we blame ourselves for our failure, or we blame others. Our attitude determines whether we tell the truth or lie, act or procrastinate, advance or recede, and by our own attitude we and we alone actually decide whether to succeed or fail.

Good people are not trained, they are found. If you are training too much, you may not have the right people.

Go with your gut instincts even if it is contrarian to what the "experts" suggest.