“Through the use of books I had the whole world at my feet: could travel anywhere, meet anyone, and do anything.”

“Do what you have to do so that you can be what you want to be”

“I make my hand my whole world. Hand hand hand hand. I push through the sand and light and heat, and with every bit of strength I have in me, I squeeze back.”

“I often say that if we , as a people, had as much religion in our hearts and souls as we have in our legs and feet, we could change the world. (p.15)It is my opinion that sincerity is not enough for preaching ministry. The minister must be both sincere and intelligent. (p.18)”

“You can get used to eating breakfast with a man in a fedora. You can get used to anything, my mother was in the habit of saying.”

“I felt as if I had gotten to the point where I could no longer trust myself. I was not the same person any longer. My whole genetic makeup had somehow been altered by him and I was a brand new person, one that was completely foreign to me.”

“hard work never killed anyone... but why take a chance?”