Darkness will never take me... because I have you. Light of my life, Marissa. That's what you are." -Butch and Marissa

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

The universe gets more disorderly all the time.

Radio interoperability is essential for our police, fire, and emergency medical service departments to communicate with each other in times of emergency.

The providence of God does not relieve us of our human responsibility: it doesn't call for inactivity, it calls for activity.

To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow.

Don’t ask me when be­cause I don’t re­mem­ber, but some­where along the way I keep for­get­ting to com­mit sui­cide.

Who would enjoy a life of no runs, no hits, no errors?

Sometimes we do things a certain way just because that is the way we do things.

I'm very much for making everything safe. The more natural the means we use to raise our vegetables and get rid of bugs, the better.

Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]