The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

The time is always right to do what is right.

It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.

Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.

At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.

On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is color-blind.

New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.