“Responsibility is the price of freedom.”

Politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked.

Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.

Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.

What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.

Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.

A goal without a plan is a dream.

I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.

Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

Chase nothing but what feels like freedom.

No matter your position, circumstances, or opportunities in life, you always have the freedom of mind to choose how you experience, interpret, and, ultimately, shape your world.

The virtue of a democratic system with a [constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech] is that it readily enables the people, over time, to be persuaded that what they took for granted is not so, and to change their laws accordingly.

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.

No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.

When I thought I lost everything, all I lost were old stories, the ones that didn’t belong within me anymore. Perhaps, it wasn’t that I lost anything, It’s that I was getting rid of what was no longer right for me.

The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.