Archives - May 2016

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Accidents, and particularly street and highway accidents, do not happen --- they are caused.

Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.

When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.

If you haven't had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have been cheated by nature.

I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.

Almost certainly...the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

Law enforcement officers are never "off duty." They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

It is easier to be happy when you are not surrounded by the confusion and the clutter of life.

Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted.

One of the most healing things you can do is recognize where in your life you are your own poison.

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.

Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.

Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, it's honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.