If you consider an unsuccessful hunt to be a waste of time, then the true meaning of the chase eludes you all together.

When a hunter is in a tree stand with high moral values and with the proper hunting ethics and richer for the experience, that hunter is 20 feet closer to God.

The history of the bow and arrow is the history of mankind

Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make your a better person.

I come home with an honestly earned feeling that something good has taken place. It makes no difference whether I got anything; it has to do with how the day was spent.

If you are not working to protect hunting, then you are working to destroy it.

It is no coincidence that the American hunter is the most patriotic of all our citizens. Who cares more for this land's beauties than he?

You can learn more about hunting deer with a bow and arrow in a week than a gun hunter will learn in his entire life

Nothing clears a troubled mind better than shooting a bow.

A hunt based only on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.

I hunt deer because I love the entire process; the preparation, the excitement, and sustained suspense of trying to match my woods lore against the finely honed instincts of these creatures.

True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.

I don't wanna be a Twinkling Star or a Radiant Moon or a Shining Sun. Just to be a Spectacular Sky in their backdrop.

Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are.

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.

For this moment, nothing matters. Look up into the stars and you're gone.

They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection.

And I feel just like Jesus' son

It is the climbing of the mountain that makes the view from the top so breathtaking.

I try to incorporate faith every day, to not remind myself of past failures, to learn how to forgive and to trust the future.