All my life I have risen regularly at four o'clock and have gone into the woods and talked to God. There He gives me my orders for the day.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.

If love is a flower of non-judgmental actions, then kindness is the fragrance of those flowers.

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

Hollywood is owned by the Arabs.

Never worry about what anyone else is doing...Just swim your own race.

Why does a suppurating lung give so little warning and a sore on the finger so much?

The painter must be solitary. For if you are alone you are completely yourself, but if you are accompanied by a single companion, you are only half yourself.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

You can get totally messed up trying to please everyone with what you do, but ultimately, you have to please yourself.

... nature photographs downright bore me for some reason or other. I think: 'Oh, yes. Look at that sand dune. What of it?'

When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.