Whenever we think of ourselves as doing something for someone else, we are in some way denying our own responsibility. Whatever we do is done because we choose to do it, and we make that choice because it is the one that satisfies us the most.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive.

Love always requires courage and involves risk.

America's greatest sin is the refusal to delay gratification.

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.

True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.