If you're born to hang, you'll never drown.

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

We cannot do great things on this earth. We can only do small things with great love.

Remember by C. Rossetti (1849) Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me: you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than you should remember and be sad.

A rock is formed and a rock will vanish.

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.

Ad astra per aspera. To the stars via adversity. Alabama State motto.

Una sonrisa no tiene prisa. A smile isn't hurried. For Eva Martinez Gomez, a friend.

Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it.

You know a dream is like a river, ever changing as it flows. And a dreamer's just a vessel that must follow where it goes. Trying to learn from what's behind you and never knowing what's in store makes each day a constant battle just to stay between the shores. And I will sail my vessel 'til the river runs dry. Like a bird upon the wind, these waters are my sky. I'll never reach my destination if I never try, So I will sail my vessel 'til the river runs dry. Too many times we stand aside and let the water slip away. To what we put off 'til tomorrow has now become today. So don't you sit upon the shore and say you're satisfied. Choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance the tides.

When you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras. Eg. Look first for the simple explanation.

Confidence shared is better than confidence in yourself.

An army of deer led by a lion will defeat an army of lions led by a deer.

I thank you for my friends And most specially, For my best friend. Thirty seven years ago, When Lily and I were wed, I did not know who she was. Nor she me. Nor much about ourselves. Nor anything about marriage at all. The learning was often to be painful, Although without it There would have been nothing. Somewhow we made it through, And it would be wrong not to give ourselves Any credit. But tell me this: Utterly innocent back then, How did I know In my blind ignorance That Lily- more different Than I could imagine- Was right for me? I cannot explain it Unless you were invisibly by my side. Guiding me while I ,like Jacob, was unaware. And I, like Jacob, must now also exclaim: "Surely God was in this place, and I, I did not know it."

You can achieve the impossible by depending on your friends.

You hear, you forget. You see, you remember. You do, you understand.

It is very easy for me to remember things, as long as you remind me.

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away.

Man is the only animal burdened with the unbearable knowledge that he will die.

The Love That I Have Is All That I Have The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have is yours. The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause. For the peace of my years in the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours.

Osez toujours. Cedez parfois. Renoncez jamais. Always dare. Sometimes give in. Never give up.

The incommunicable part of us is the pasture of God.

If you believe you can, or if you believe you can't, you're right.

If a man will begin with certainties, he will end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he will end with certainties.

Life is a series of successful mistakes.

A setback is a setup for a comeback and a set-to which will upset unless you backup and backoff.

Epitaph: He did nothing in particular, and in this he did excel.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying: "I will try again tomorrow."

Of course I believe in free will. Do we have a choice?

Death is only one of many ways to lose your life.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Ennui is the poison of the soul.

The past is never dead; it is not even past.

You will be blamed more for failure than you will be praised for ingenuity.

Any change is the beginning of disintegration.

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.

T is for Talent and Trust E is for Enthusiasm and Empathy A is for Attitude and Appreciation M is for Motivation and Membership. Every individual on the team must HAVE the Talent to make a difference, the Enthusiasm to make it happen, the Attitude to overcome obstacles, and the Motivation to persevere, and every individual must FEEL a Trust in his teammates that they can be counted on and will deliver, Empathy for their situation, their point of view and their weaknesses, Appreciation for their accomplishments, and a feeling of Membership no matter how great or seemingly insignificant the role. A Team is never eternal; it is a holy creation of the Moment.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.

Indifference is more potent than anger or fear.

Where were you when the pages were blank? As quoted by Arthur Miller.

OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert...Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose form And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked the, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sand stretch far away.

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

Beneath the skin of the ancient warrior Beats the heart of the young brave.

Your capacity for pain is a direct function of how much money you have in your bank account.

I have given my genius to life; to art I have but given my talent.

Faced with the choice between changing and proving there is no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof.

TWO SHIPS No longer two ships pass in dead of night Their signals, crossed as if by unseen hand, Lead them to dreamlike moments Torn by hasty flight. While holiday's bells toll away enraptured hours The boy sets sail to be a man And leaves in port behind His thoughts, in part, In whole, his heart forever touched. July 1976

FRAGILE SHOOTS You have made this a bittersweet spring Raising feelings as fragile as tender shoots Growing in the shade of old oak trees Petals that bloom and fade And fall softly A lingering reminder of life A sweet testament to death Happy. Sad. May, 1979

BEAUTIFUL SPRING Behind this door a garden lies A field of flowers that need no rain Forever green though tended not And rarely seen, though ne'er forgot And in this field a maiden cries With tears of laughter and of pain For memories of lessons taught And precious days of passion sought And though this door is always shut That no one else may look within Alone this maiden sows the soil With measured sighs and patient toil For behind this door a secret's kept That only Nature could have done For whatever else that life may bring There blooms the beauty of that spring. July, 1986