“George, I know you’re tired. But President Lincoln, he didn’t free us to be lazy and no good. He freed us to work hard and improve ourselves.”-George’s Grandmother.”

“that's what God does. He moves the wind across the water or leaves it still. He can do all that. That's God doing that and He can do it on any lake that He wants to.”

“Things will be alright. People need to hear that. Life is good, just as it is. There isn't anything that I would change about my life.”

“Life is so good, and it gets better every day.”

“We never know what’s in us till we stand by ourselves” (George Meredith, ORF)”

“I said, "The children wanted to know what life was like."Junior said, “They [the children] don’t have any idea how rough it was.” (George responds)“Or how good it was either! People forget that a picture ain’t made from just one color. Life ain’t all good or all bad. It’s full of everything.”

“Hmmm, good isn’t fun, but I’ll try,” he whispers to me. ~ The Light Tamer”