There is a horse here-the furthest north of any horse, and he eats fish and travels on snowshoes.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

My field was God’s earth. Wherever I ploughed, there was my field. Land was free. It was a thing no man called his own. Labor was the only thing men called their own.

Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons but one out of one.

My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game.

Over my dead body, I thought. Yes, even immortals use that phrase. It has extra oomph for us.

The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark.

The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves

The facts, however, are unimportant in fiction. It's not the events of my life that I mine, but the emotional experiences I've had.

Humility is something we should constantly pray for, yet never thank God that we have.

She attempted to turn again; I held on. I wasn't holding tight enough to keep her, but she wasn't pulling hard enough to get away.

As a woman, I feel women get the shaft all the time.