"When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen."

“Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.”

“All my integrity seemed to lie in saying No.”

“I have knocked on the door of this man's soul and found someone home.”

Source : 2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

“Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, well move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of our fate.”

“Keep the boss aware. Bosses, after all, are held responsible by their own bosses for the performance of their subordinates. They must be able to say: "I know what Anne [or John] is trying to do.”

“Actors always think that others are getting more work than them. In my case, they usually are.”

“Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt.”

Source : Nolan Ryan, Skip Bayless, Tom House (1991). “Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, Precision, and Long-Term Performance”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

“The concept of God can be very interfering for some and very opening for others. There are many people who say it's not God, or a personal God, but it's an energy, it's a force, it's a unifying conceptualization of the universe. For some people it can be a very positive, and a beneficial way of looking at things. But then for others it can get in the way. It depends to a large extent on how one defines what God is especially if it becomes exclusive and a hate filling definition.”