I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension

Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.

Life has been good to me. It's not like I missed an awful lot. I had a pretty good lick here. Every moment gets a little more important.

I've fought hard and now I'm weary to the bone.

I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!

The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.

There are a lot of things in this world that are more important than being popular. Being true to yourself is one of them.

I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.

I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying.

For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.

If we really want to learn how to forgive, perhaps we had better start with something easier than the Gestapo.

The time to being writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.

Landing the airplane I think is the most difficult thing that I've every learned to do in my life.

Festina lente. Make haste slowly.

As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.

All space projects push the frontiers of technology and are drivers of innovation.

Walk, with awareness. Eat, with awareness. Breathe, with awareness.

I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' Grandpa said 'No... but I served in a company of heroes.'