Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult and difficult as if they were easy in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep in the other that it may not be dismayed.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

It is an undisputed truth of the modern age that there are now only two kinds of people in the world: people who call and people who text.

Too often we use petty little petitions, oratorical exercises, or the words of others rather than the cries of our inmost being. When you pray, pray!

Never wear pride as the jersey of your dreams. You will miss the goal and lose your dreams if you put on pride!

Only sheep need a Shepard.

One of God’s high callings for His people is that they be teachers of good things.

Strip it all down to essentials and draw the hell out of what's left.

I'm not inspired by any career because I don't have any expectations.

I married a woman who's not going to take anything. No slips. She's very accountable, and she holds me very accountable.

Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.

Because you can get free of everything except the space where things have been