The truth is I don't regret it. It was the right decision [not run for president] for my family, and the right decision for me.

If you want to make God laugh, tell him-her your plan

It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey then to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty.

Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.

You have the RIGHT to change your mind.

My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it's a vacation destination for me. I say, 'Because I sometimes have perfect days there.'

Love is very much perceived as "I couldn't control myself; it's love." But you can. Everything you do in response is a choice.

A lot of your life is shaped by the opportunities you turn down as much as those you take up.

A runaway calendar will keep you from simplifying your life. It holds you hostage to tangible things—meetings, appointments, and projects—without giving proper priority to the intangibles: who you are becoming, your relationships with family and friends, your connectedness to God. Without conscious intervention, this pattern of chronically overscheduling ensures that the priorities you care about most will take a backseat to the urgent priorities of others every time.

A runaway calendar will keep you from simplifying your life. It holds you hostage to tangible things—meetings, appointments, and projects—without giving proper priority to the intangibles: who you are becoming, your relationships with family and friends, your connectedness to God. Without conscious intervention, this pattern of chronically overscheduling ensures that the priorities you care about most will take a backseat to the urgent priorities of others every time.

While God, for the most part, allows this cosmos [creation] to work according to the laws of nature, there is never a time when He is not actively involved in every detail of life.

Progress apart from purpose ends in arrogance.