One of the ways to discover our toughness and resiliency is to look back at where we come from. (from Amazon description)

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.

The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.

When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

If you don't learn how to be scared, you'll never really learn how to be brave.

Appear On Your Fear, It Will Disappear

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

If you love yourself unconditionally, you would never need anyone to co-sign your true self-worth.

Even the people who once fought for others tend to get weak and eventually "give up" and lose interest in the worth of fighting any longer.

It pays to be content with your lot.

Students are often the last to know about change that is occurring in their own school system.

China is not a great idea: capitalism and a dictator. It's like the two worst possible things you could imagine together. It's a very bad idea.

He has denied what has happened. His sworn statements have denied what has happened.

Loss is essential. Loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life.