“The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.”

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?

There is no short cut to acheivement.

Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

Our creator is the same and never changes despite the names given Him by people here and in all parts of the world. Even if we gave Him no name at all, He would still be there, within us, waiting to give us good on this earth.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer.

Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.

I know that my Redeemer lives. Thank God I love humanity, complexion doesn’t interest me one single a bit.

Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.

When I touch that flower, I am not merely touching that flower. I am touching infinity. That little flower existed long before there were human beings on this earth. It will continue to exist for thousands, yes, millions of years to come.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

Education is understanding relationships.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

Most people don’t walk around the tools to process pain and fear, that kind of discomfort. In most cases, it’s unbearable to look at it, feel it, and/or address it. It’s why I’m such a fan of self-help books.

My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.

I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can’t really move from it: it’s on buses, in stores, it’s everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies.

I tried to make sense of the Four Books, until love arrived, and it all became a single syllable.

During the Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn’t have time to sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressing problems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

If you think you have it tough, read history books.