What I loved most about calling myself a reporter was that it gave me an excuse to show up anyplace. Since I'd never made a lot of friends in Welch, I hardly ever went to the school's football games or dances or rallies. I felt awkward sitting by myself when everyone else was with friends. But when I was working for the Wave, I had a reason to be there.

Divine goodness, as one of God’s attributes, is self-caused, infinite, perfect, and eternal. Since God is immutable He never varies in the intensity of His loving-kindness. He has never been kinder than he now is, nor will He ever be less kind

Boundaries help us to know just where someone’s control begins and ends.

Markets change all the time and our job is to change with them.

Our natural foundations must be destroyed if true spirituality is to develop. And this happens when, in His bewildering mercy, God sometimes shatters our fondest dreams, or at least allows them to be shattered.

The best people are spiky, not well-rounded

I believe strongly that the first business plan you write should be for nobody but yourself, and you don’t need any special software to create it. You just need to answer four questions as honestly as you can: (1) What is the concept? (2) How are you going to market it? (3) How much do you think it will cost to produce and deliver what you’re selling? (4) What do you expect will happen when you actually go out and start making sales?

Inspiration vs. Desperation: The Source of True Fulfillment.

One way to demonstrate your competence is to share what you know and encourage others to do the same.

When… you start with an honest and diligent effort to determine the truth of the situation, the right decisions often become self-evident… And even if all decisions do not become self-evident, one thing is certain: you absolutely cannot make a series of good decisions without first confronting the brutal facts.