Nature's Laws are the invisible government of the earth.

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.

Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny.

Don't dodge difficulties; meet them, greet them, beat them. All great men have been through the wringer.

Few of us know what we are capable of doing... we have never pushed ourselves hard enough to find out. Alfred

We cannot choose the things that will happen to us. But we can choose the attitude we will take toward anything that happens. Success or failure depends on your attitude.

Great persons are great because of good, strong foundations on which they were able to build a character.

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan.

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former

Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person-and write to that one.

Does not… the ear of Handel predict the witchcraft of harmonic sound?

Athletics provided a life preserver for me, and that maybe kept me out of trouble. I never partied in high school. I mostly just dated.

It is not enough for poems to be fine; they must charm, and draw the mind of the listener at will.

We will have to wait a little longer to see if Armageddon has arrived.

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

I think I'm the best, of course. How could I not?

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

The best thing is to find something you really love to do and enjoy that process for the rest of your life.

The past does not equal the future.