“No' is a reaction, not a position. The people who react negatively to your proposal simply need time to evaluate it and adjust their thinking. With the passage of sufficient time and repeated efforts on your part, almost every 'no' can be transformed into a 'maybe' and eventually a 'yes'.”

“Most of us, in our civilized society, rely too heavily on reasoning capacity to make things happen. We've been raised to believe that logic will prevail. Logic, in and of itself, will rarely influence people. Most often logic doesn't work.”

“You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.”

“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This is your time. Now get out there and take it.”

“Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation.”

“A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.”

“The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.”