Of all the things that oppress me, this sense of the evil working of nature herself -my disgust at her barbarity -clumsiness -darkness -bitter mockery of herself -is the most desolating.

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.

What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

-- that books were mirrors, reflective in sometimes unpredictable ways.

I really believe that my family's infrequency of getting sick is due to our diet.

People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.

My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough.

When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.

This summer I have discovered something totally useless.

Whether some may like it or not, I am still the farmer that I was born as and will continue to be one.

What is important in a leader is a resolute will and determination. A man may be versatile and learned, but if he lacks resoluteness and determination, of what use will he be?