“A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.”
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
“There can be no more laying of foundations, any more than there can be other incarnations or crucifixions of Christ or rebaptism.”
“Faith. Trust. They don't come naturally, but as we lay those first bricks, we notice that little by little, a foundation is forming. Eventually we can end up building the most beautiful things with faith and trust.”
“To persons of spirit like ourselves the only happy marriage is that which is based on a firm foundation of almost incessant quarrelling.”
“In writing, as in life, there'll always be that one person throwing roses when everyone else is throwing tomatoes; make that person the one who matters.”