“A Nation that buys peace is indebted to war.”

“The best teachers and professors, I hav know were named; Mistake, Fail, Blunder and then Bloom; and the best of all we called Perseverance.”

“When the world rages and the markets tumble land investment is still on solid ground. Buy land your investment is always there.” 
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“You burn with the flames of desire for someone that doesn’t notice or pay attention. Your love affair has not even begun and the flames are now burning into your soul. You can douse the flames; you must first walk away. Only then can you be transformed.
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“ Hate is easy. Kind is a mindset.”

“The heart often turns rogue and makes decisions without informing us or providing advanced notice.”

“ Some people will enter your journey and alter a future destination. Deliberative decision-making is essential when changing course; either temporarily or permanently. Always maintain the focus on your vision.”

“Try to maintain and even attitude and personal demeanor. Especially when you have nothing or are standing on top of the world.
” In college the professor gives you an assignment, you study and are given a test to determine what you have learned. In life, you are first tested and then you learn.”

” When I hear a certain song playing in the background, I think of you and a vision of your face, pervades my soul. When the second song plays, your sweet fragrance fills the air around me. The third song and her gentle hand caresses my face and tingles my body that is covered with goosebumps. At the fourth song, I gently glide to the radio and turn it off. There is no sense roaming in the darkened marred past. And I have adjusted to living without her.”

”Determination, knowledge, and wisdom work in collaboration; determination dominates, for without persistence, knowledge and wisdom never attain their full potential.”

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“Whether your legs are strong or weak learn how to stand on your own.

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“ He who wears the emotional and physical scars of life should do so with honor and integrity.

The value of anything is rarely assessed when in use, but always when discontinued or lost.

”Those who betray an oath of loyalty and commitment are in training to become a master of deceit and deception.”


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“The conscience has a long memory as does the person you inflicted pain upon to create the memory in the first place.

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“If love is like a rose it is still there in the dark winter when all is left are thorns but there will come a time when it’s blossoms will be more wonderful than the year before.

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“The number of paths and roads to one’s planned destination are innumerable but distinct from one another; some take longer and create an arduous journey. All missions require a plan.

I am eternally grateful to those friends and others who gave me more than I could give to them. Memories of them are etched in my heart and will remain there forever.

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“Confidence is a whisper, decisiveness is a calm tone, arrogance is a scream, and aggression is a buddy nose; one’s demeanor will describe the scene.

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“Adversity presents itself in various forms from mild to the intensive extreme. Therefore, each form necessitates a different approach that matches or exceeds the intensity in the moment.

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“The past was not yours, work hard in the present to make the future yours.

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“Beware the person who asks all the questions.” “They have all the answers.

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“You don’t need permission to think


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“If you accidentally step on your bunny or kitty’s paw, they jump back, they make a sound, and you feel terrible. Isn’t that all the proof you really need that animals feel pain, fear, and betrayal?”

“Coming to America for opportunities should be met with opportunities, not abject hatred.”

“All people are born equally, treat nobody any less. We all came to the world through the same channel, backgrounds only make us whatever we are today. Don’t ever discriminate because no one lives forever.”

“Human rights were not invented by Americans. It is the other way around in a very real sense. Human rights invented America.”

“You can exile a man, but you can never exile his idea. You can lock a man up in the prison, but an idea cannot be imprisoned. You can kill a man, but an idea can never be killed.”

“Nothing Behind Me, Everything ahead of me.”

“You can’t go preventing pleasure and pain, you can’t keep the mind from labeling things and forming thoughts, but you can put these things to a new use. If the mind labels a pain, saying, “I hurt,” you have to examine the label carefully, contemplate it until you see that it’s wrong: the pain isn’t really yours. It’s simply a sensation that arises and passes away, that’s all.”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. Your can steer yourself any direction you choose.”

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any collision among them. The smaller energies are like river currents; the greater energies are seen in mighty transformations. It is this which makes heaven and earth so great.”

“Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.”

“When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, ‘he loves learning.’”

“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.”

“Learn as though you would never be able to master it; Hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.”

“To be fond of learning is to be near to knowledge. To practice with vigor is to be near to magnanimity. To possess the feeling of shame is to be near to energy.”

“Things have their root and their branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning.”

“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.”

“Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.”

“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.”

“He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”

“You cannot open a book without learning something.”

“To know yourself is the salvation of the world.”

“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”

“When a man’s knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.”

“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.”

“I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”

“Things have their root and their branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning.”

“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”

“No matter where you go – there you are.”

“Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.”

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”

“Those who run behind cars get exhausted, those who run in front of cars get Tired”

“When you consider joining a company or beginning a business partnership, aligning your values is key.”

“My favorite era in history is tomorrow.”

“Veteran’s Hospital - Your second chance to give your life for your country.”