You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

There is always a need for a visionary man your vision will make you relevant in the scheme of men and your relevance will birth the needed money depending on the level of your functional-ability.

Leave your mark on the world by leaving behind a child who grows up to love and serve the Lord.

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

You can’t move ahead until you bury the past.

To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.

A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself.

Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.

What is one man's gain is another's loss.