I admit I'm enthusiastically demanding.
I take some pride in. . . representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.
Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there.
Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.
People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.
Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of success because that beats the hell out of failure. It's being in the middle that scares me.
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.
It is merely a metaphor to call competition competitive war, or simply, war. The function of battle is destruction; of competition, construction.
God has loved you since before you were born-so much so that 2,000 years ago, He sent His Son Jesus to die in your place.
Never fall in love?" "Always," said the count. "I am always in love.
God must have been engaged from the beginning, and must now be engaged in progressive development, and infinite as God is, he must have been less powerful in the past than he is today. . . . We may be certain that, through self-effort, the inherent and innate powers of God have been developed to a God-like degree. Thus he has become God.