Man is neither angel nor brute, and the unfortunate thing is that he who would act the angel acts the brute.

I'm a morning person because I learned to write my novels while still practicing law. I would get to the office at 6:30 a.m. and write until other people arrived, around 9. Now I still do that. I start at 6:30 or 7, and I'll write until 11, then take an hour off, then work until about 2 p.m. By then my brain has had enough.

Steve Berry

Knowledge comes by taking things apart, but wisdom comes by putting things together.

John A. Morrison

The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity.

Leland Stanford

If you want to look with only one eye then you will only see part of the picture.

Les Williams

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph,

Robert Browning

Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.

Harold Taylor

We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.

George Sheehan

Worry: a sustained form of fear caused by indecision.

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Whether we're on the path toward victory or defeat is determined by the very next choice we make. Not the choices from yesterday. Not the choices five minutes ago.

Lysa TerKeurst

The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly.

Kahlil Gibran

When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.

Charles M. Schwab

I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

Oscar Wilde