First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

I don't even drink! I can't stand the taste of alcohol. Every New Year's Eve I try one drink and every time it makes me feel sick. So I don't touch booze - I'm always the designated driver.

The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.

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

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isn't real.

Quality is everyone's responsibility.

I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.

I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.

I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

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.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

It was a perfect marriage. She didn't want to and he couldn't.

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.