I don't want to live in a hand -me -down world of others' experiences. I want to write about me, my discoveries, my fears, my feelings, about me.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

It can be done. It will be done.

I feel terrible that I once put too much emphasis on material prosperity.

Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.

It may be said of happy marriages as of the phoenix - there is but one a century.

People always tell me "Have a nice day." Well what if I don't want to? What if I want to have a crappy day?

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.

You're either living your dreams, or living your fears.

What you farmers need to do is raise less corn and more Hell.

Fading, fading: strength beyond hope and despair climbing the third stair. Lord, I am not worthy Lord, I am not worthy but speak the word only.

The most powerful people on earth are focus groups.