"Things are always different than what they might be...If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything."

“Broaden your vision, and maintain stability while advancing forward. That is my philosophy.”

Source : "Create A New Legend (Yazhou Zhoukan)". www.lksf.org. June 21, 1999.

“It is always so simple, and so complicating, to accept an apology.”

“Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind and constantly enlarges the horizon of her understanding, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth. God will hold us accountable if we neglect His daughters. He has given us a great and compelling trust. May we be faithful to that trust.”

“In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final solutions.”

“The only heaven permitted to me is the part-time job heaven.”

“I come alive when there is a chance to learn or do something different.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

“We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help and benefit to have a friend come. Happiness is a great healer to those who are ill....This has a greater effect than the remedy itself. You must always have this thought of love and affection when you visit the ailing and afflicted.”

“I grew up in Florida riding horses, so for the majority of my life I was either in boots and jeans or a bathing suit.”

Source : "Kate Upton: American Bombshell" by Mark Kirbi, www.gq.com. June 19, 2012.