If you don't believe you don't belong.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

I have a motto: Work to become, not to acquire.

If you don't believe you don't belong.

The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection.

First you learn to drive fast. Next, you learn to drive fast in traffic. Then, you learn how to do it for 500 miles.

More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.

The intellectual power is never at rest; it is never satisfied with any comprehended truth, but ever proceeds on and on towards that truth which is not comprehended. So also the will, which follows the apprehension; we see that it is never satisfied with anything finite.

I think to myself, 'You lucky woman - how did you have all this fun?'

Our membership of the euro is a guarantee of monetary stability and creates the right conditions for sustainable growth. Our membership of the euro is the only choice.

NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.

Music is my favorite part of life but when you are around life becomes even more melodious. You are a sweet tune in my heart and I hope to play it all my life.

Who is my biggest inspiration? Wow... I really, without wanting to sound 'aw gee shucks,' I'd have to say my wife who taught a rather uptight Englishman what there is to be got out of life. Susan is my greatest inspiration. She has more integrity than anyone I know, and integrity is more important than anything for a happy and successful life.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

In many respects I have gone out of my way to avoid the usual approach adopted in crime novels. I have used some techniques that are normally outlawed - the presentation of Mikael Blomkvist, for instance, is based exclusively on the personal case study made by Lisbeth Salander.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.

I'm no diva but I can be annoying in a recording studio. Of course I try to be a diva in terms of confidence of performance and owning a song but I've never behaved like one in terms of the negative connotations of the word.

Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks.

See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

All the people that come out and show their support and their pride for your accomplishments, I think it really reminds you that without people you don't ever to get to live that dream. To play in the NHL is one thing, but to win the Stanley Cup and come back and share it with everyone is another thing.

God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you're going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

For every discouragement has been allowed to come to us in order that through it we may be cast in utter helplessness at the Saviours feet.

A society that's provided for by television is a society that says it doesn't need too many parks or natural situations for children to play in because television will look after them.

It's the South that maintains the idea that they're different, which is interesting because nobody else really cares.

I really try to focus on my books and readers.

There is no such thing as going on to something bigger and better than 'M*A*S*H' because there is nothing bigger and better. I have done the best I can do, and been in the best I could be in on television - with the best people.

When I started teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, no field-based courses in strategic philanthropy existed.