You must develop personal contacts if you want to be successful.
— Armstrong Williams
We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.
There are two sayings that are familiar in every news room across the country: 1. sex sells; 2. if it bleeds it leads.
The country remains dependent on oil. But as we are now learning, oil is becoming increasingly scarce.
Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day, yet still find time to interact with their children.
Networking is an essential part of building wealth.
In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.
For starters, this country embodies something utterly unique: History's first democratic empire. Beginning in the post war era, we have used free trade and democracy to create a series of interlocking relationships that end war.
Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning.
At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights.
A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.
With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted away from the old European powers.
Very simply, the culture of another people does not have to be accepted when it is subhuman!
The liberation of Iraq was part of a broader effort to seriously confront the greatest threat to world security: rogue states capable of obtaining long range weapons of mass destruction.
That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.
Patients describing the benefits of prayer often talk about how it provides a sense of well being.
My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.
In short, we cannot grow, we cannot achieve authentic discovery, and our eyes cannot be cleansed to the truly beautiful possibilities of life, if we simply live a neutral existence.
Even in this glowering age, morality animates our lives with meaning.
Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.
At some point we must make a decision not to allow the mere threat of charges of cultural or religious insensitivity to stop us from dealing with this evil.
We tend to admire the people in our society who have accumulated such wealth as to seem somehow great. But we shouldn't forget that it was the everyday working class man who made this country great.
Therefore the great mediator of any community is human morality.
The greatest job I ever had was working on my family farm. Each morning my father would come into my bedroom around 4:30 am and command me to get up and work the fields. I would spend the next two hours before school slopping pigs and cropping tobacco.
Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease.
Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk.
Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day.
I do not think athletes should get a free pass. I don't think we should train our children and future athletes to believe that they are above the law and morality.
Even during the worst hardships, when the other things in our lives seem to fall apart, we can still find peace in the eternal love of God.
At the end of the day, there is no doubt that the unique spirit embodied by this country has worked, not just to make the world safer, but to make it better.
A global democracy works only when countries trust one another.
