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“I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C. S. Lewis.”
C.S. Lewis

“I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.”
Albert Einstein

“there are five nonnegotiable characteristics that every effective leader must have: a sense of calling, an ability to communicate, creativity in problem solving, generosity, and consistency.”
John C. Maxwell

“Remember, it is not necessary for others to fail in order that you may succeed. The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.”
Napoleon Hill

“Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think.”
Albert Einstein

“How do I fit in my area or department? • How do all the departments fit into the organization? • Where does our organization fit in the market? • How is our market related to other industries and the economy?”
John C. Maxwell

“marveling at this boldness and ease in her presence, and not for one second losing sight of her, though he did not look at her. He felt as though the sun were coming near him.”
Leo Tolstoy

“Everything intelligent is so boring.”
Leo Tolstoy

“Know your own mind and you will be as wise as the sages.”
Napoleon Hill

“Are your goals backed by burning desire or are you giving the Universe mixed signals?”
Brian Tracy

“It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)”
Abraham Lincoln

“Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate.”
John C. Maxwell

“Knowledge increases responsibility.”
Rick Warren

“Later the island was turned into a leper colony, a lunatic asylum, and a naval base. The government had only recently turned the island back into a prison.”
Nelson Mandela

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