"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

~ Calvin Coolidge

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. "

~ Lewis B. Smedes


"Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers.
The mind can never break off from the journey."
~ Pat Conroy


"A man who plants a tree can't be all that bad"
~ Bob Yelavich