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“I've studied golf for almost 50 years now and know a hell of a lot about nothing.”
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“Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.”
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“Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial.”
Source : Speech at the DOJ African-American History Month Program, delivered 18 February 2009
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“It matters not how spiritual a church may profess to be, if souls are not saved, something is radically wrong, and the professed spirituality is simply a false experience, a delusion of the devil. People who are satisfied to meet together simply to have a good time among themselves are far away from God. Real spirituality always has an outcome.”
Source : Smith, Oswald J., Smith, Paul B., Sybring, Yvonne (1982). “I Have Walked Alone with Jesus : Day by Day Meditations of Oswald J. Smith”
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“The future is not in the hands of fate but in ours.”
Source : Jean Jules Jusserand (1933). “What me befell: the reminiscences of J. J. Jusserand ...”, Ayer Co Pub
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“In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good. And we should cast a philosophic yet curious smile at that which our hearts and brains tell us otherwise.”
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“How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No great man has ever wise-cracked his way to greatness. Until one learns to lose one's self he cannot find himself. No one can multiply himself by himself. He must first divide himself and give himself to the service of all, thus placing himself within all others through acts of thoughtfulness and service.”
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“Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.”