'The want of proper examination, true contrition, and a firm purpose of amendment, is the cause of bad confessions, and of the ruin of souls. '
You have to have the right mind-set.
Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.
I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals.
The distance between a person's dream and their accomplishments can only be measured by their desire.
It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.
There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is limited by circumstances.
As for the discipline, we [me and Frank Moore Cross] belong to two different disciplines. One involves research and archaeological materials. Mine is more interpretive. But it is the love for the text that is there, and that is what makes the whole adventure of reading and studying and sharing worthwhile.
The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.
My parents were incredibly strict, almost military style.
The best comedy, I feel, comes in a drama because it balances each other out.