Some blessings have been ours in the past, and these may be repeated or even multiplied.

We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they are.

Habit is a powerful means of advancement, and the habit of eternal vigilance and diligence, rarely fails to bring a substantial reward.

Tomorrow may be fair, however stormy the sky of today.

The two fortresses which are the last to yield in the human heart, are hope and pride.

There must be vistas flying out beyond, that promise more than present conditions yield.

For who would live if life held no allurements?

Satan's survival-of-the-fittest system appears to work- in the short run. But the great controversy is about the long run.

Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.

When you decide to adapt some Russian novel, it's like everyone knows about it but nobody has read it.

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.

It takes nine months for a baby to develop, it takes nine months to develop a character.

We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art.

Unfortunately, the only recognized relics of yesterday's farmers are obsolete curiosities when the greatest relic, their philosophy of living, is seldom considered.

Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me, With faith, with hope, with charity, That I may run, rise, rest with Thee.

It is people's hearts that move the age.

I work with companies like Audiostiles to put together mixes for my restaurants. I even created a soundtrack for my television show.