"Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities."

“I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished.”

“I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have.”

“It should not be surprising if people believe easily in a God who makes no demands, but this is not the God of the Bible. Satan has cleverly misled people by whispering that they can believe in Jesus Christ without being changed, but this is the Devil's lie. To those who say you can have Christ without giving anything up, Satan is deceiving you.”

“Remember: if you take bivouac equipment along, you will bivouac...”

“While strides are being made in the social-media space, the newspaper and news business should continue to embrace social media,”

“We live in very busy times. All of us have much to do. However, we should ask ourselves often what is it that we are so busy doing?”

“Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armèd men the hum; Lo, a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum Saying, Come, Freemen, Come! Ere your heritage be wasted, Said the quick alarming drum.”

Source : Bret Harte (2016). “Poetical Works, Complete: Top American Novelist”, p.15, VM eBooks

“My last meal on Earth, I would love it to be a bowl of blueberries with cold cream.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.