Archived Quotes

I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous

than myself to establish effectual barriers

against the horrors of spiritual tyranny,

and every species of religious persecution.

I do believe that God blessed me in life with a wonderful family, a successful career, and a loving marriage, and remain thankful for that blessing.

Maybe Christmas,

the Grinch thought,

doesn't come from a store.

Fall down seven times,

stand up eight.

He who is brave is free.

Life opens up opportunities to you,

and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Just do it right the first time.

Those are my principles,

and if you don’t like them…

well, I have others.

When I am playing baseball,

I give it all that I have on the ball field.

When the ball game is over,

I certainly don't take it home.

My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn't know

the difference between a third strike and a foul ball.

We don't talk about baseball at home.

Life’s battles don’t always go to the

stronger or faster man.

But sooner or later the man

who wins is the man who thinks he can.

The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.

We are born believing.

A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis.

I always knew I was destined for greatness.

You can either see yourself as a wave,

in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.

People love chopping wood.

In this activity one immediately sees results.

Friendship needs no words

it is solitude delivered

from the anguish

of loneliness.

Power is nothing without the ability to act decisively.

When we honestly ask ourselves

which person in our lives means the most to us,

we often find it is those who,

instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures,

have chosen rather to share our pain

and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

Hope is the thing with

feathers that perches

in the soul

and sings

the tunes without the words

and never stops at all.