inspiration

"It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?"

"Act as if! Act as if you're a wealthy man, rich already, and then you'll surely become rich. Act as if you have unmatched confidence and then people will surely have confidence in you. Act as if you have unmatched experience and then people will follow your advice. And act as if you are already a tremendous success, and as sure as I stand here today - you will become successful."

"True intimacy with God always brings humility."

"Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!"

"just remember: i love you, and love yourselves. 'cause, little monsters, you were born that way baby."

"Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He can deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their soals, and pour out peace."

"Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes."~ ' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes."-"

"If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain."

"Head up, heart open. To better days!"

"90% of the game is half mental."

"Reach for the stars."

"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."

"You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him."

"My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see."

"Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all."

"I ended my first book with the words 'no answer.' I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice? Only words, words; to be led out to battle against other words."

"We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity."

"Dining with the King; your attire, attitude and mentality must change."

"Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it."

"There are things you do sometimes, actions that you take by obeying sudden impulses, without stopping for even a fraction of a second to think, and then you spend the rest of your life either lamenting it or thanking yourself for it. They are rare, unique, and perfect moments."