You have to be afraid of failure. You have to be terrified; it’s the only force that will drive you mercilessly to succeed.

If I don’t hold myself to the highest standards, who will?

Peace doesn’t mean never offending anyone. Peace means never taking offense from anyone.

Life is not measured by what you have. It’s measured by what you give.

Just because everyone agrees that something is true doesn’t make it so; everyone was in accord for thousands of years, saying the world was flat, the sun revolved around the earth, but everyone was wrong.

I love that Sauron was too stupid to have a dragon or something guard mt doom. Epic fail, huh...

Don’t compromise your integrity; whatever you gain won’t be worth as much as what you lose.

Stop looking to others for inspiration. Stop looking at past accomplishments. Be your own inspiration today and for tomorrow.

A life without adversity is just bland existence.

I shove round pegs in square holes.