I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
There isn?t much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you aren?t really living without it.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Let me tell you, quite frankly, it took a while and a lot of therapy to get here.
I was as scared as I'd ever been. There was screaming everywhere now, and more bodies on the floor, and the press from behind was as relentless as a bulldozer. It was all I could do to keep on my feet.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
If my mental map was right, we were heading down to Fisherman's Wharf.
Your world is made of your memories, and your memories are given to you by your world. The whispering voice of happenstance is always in our ears. 'This is the world. This is the way things are. Look. Pay attention. Remember.'