Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime!

Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.

Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.

God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.

Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit.

Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.

God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires.

Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.

Allow your natural personality to shine through without pretending to be someone you're not, or you may be stuck with that label forever.

On God for all events depend You cannot want when God's your friend. Weigh well your part and do your best Leave to your Maker all the rest.

My father was a Creole his father a Negro and his father a monkey my family it seems begins where yours left off.

The living blind and seeing Dead together lie As if in love . . . There was no more hating then, And no more love; Gone is the heart of Man.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.

The potter is at enmity with the potter.

Amazingly, we’ve become a culture that considers Twinkies, Cocoa Puffs, and Mountain Dew safe, but raw milk and compost-grown tomatoes unsafe.

We have lived through fear all our lives, and when you have gone through a whole lot of fear, sometimes all you can do is resist the fear, and resistance comes in the form of courage.

To step away from the world isn't to draw back; it's actually a way to tune in.