Talking doom and gloom all day no longer fit who I was as a person.
Once I have a vision of something I want to accomplish, I tend to slog doggedly toward my goal until I achieve it; this is a skill from my youth.
You never conquer a mountain. You just stand on the top a few moments. Then the wind blows your footprints away.
The greatest rewards come only from the greatest commitment.
As long as you believe what you’re doing is meaningful, you can cut through fear and exhaustion and take the next step.
Women often focus more on staying friends, which is as important as climbing the mountain.
Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf carts. I like walking. Some clubs won't let you in unless you have a caddy and a cart.
A God out there and values out there, if they existed, would be utterly useless and unintelligible to us. There is nothing to be gained by nostalgia for the old objectivism, which was in any case used only to justify arrogance, tyranny, and cruelty. People [forget]. . . how utterly hateful the old pre-humanitarianism world was.
People think that being famous is just about having your picture taken all the time and being rich rich rich, and you know what?. . . They're absolutely right.
Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.