If we want to change the systems we are part of - our countries, communities, organizations, and families - we must also see and change ourselves

You don't begin with a destiny. It is the sum total of your choices. The first and the last are especially important.

Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.

I was tall from minute one. Always the tallest kid by a large margin. And my fantasy was to take up less space in the world.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

It is better for me to die in behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth.

I started writing just to have a creative outlet during the down time.

Life is an island. People come out of the sea, cross the island, and return to the sea. But this short life is long and beautiful. In getting to know nature man exalts the wonder and beauty of life.

I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that.

Miracles are God's coups d'etat.

I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.