Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they’ve simply heard… — Arthur Golden

A tree may look as beautiful as ever, but when you notice insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence.

Dreams can be such dangerous things; they smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes consume us completely.

I never seek to defeat the man I'm fighting, I seek to defeat his confidence. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Two men are equals -true equals- only when they both have equal confidence.