If there be any one habit which more than another is the dry rot of all that is high and generous in youth, it is the habit of ridicule.
By far the hardest decision I've had to manage [was about my health]. Because I had 51 years of doing it wrong.
When you are bigger than your purpose you have a career. When your purpose is bigger than you, you have a calling.
Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.
If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.
It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one.
If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.
a poem is like a wine glass in which you can hold up a little bit of reality and taste it.
Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.
The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.
The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. . . . Obscenity is too valuable a commodity to chuck around all over the place; it should be taken out of the safe on special occasions only.