The real victory in all service is won in secret beforehand by prayer.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

God is the designer of the family.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want to fix it?

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others

Positivity is like a boomerang. The more we put it out there, the more it comes back to us.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.

I think for anyone to become good at something, they have to fail a lot too. And they have to be completely unafraid to fail or they'll never make it to the next level.

I was always taught to write the book you want to read. It's a philosophy I haven't wavered from since.

Fidelity to one's marriage vows is absolutely essential for love, trust and peace

I know. I'm very hard to talk to. I realize that.

While working among the little plants of the far places of the world we forget the narrowness of our own orbit.

ONCE UPON A TIME when the world was young there was a Martian named Smith.Valentine Michael Smith was as real as taxes but he was a race of one.

Your inner being is he who men call God.

If sophisticated calculations are needed to justify an action, don't do it.

I'd never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn't exist.

And yeah, my handicap was down to a 10 when we were at the thick of it. I trained for six or seven months, golfing every day for six hours, seven days a week, with eight trainers. It was intense.