"All things are difficult before they are easy"
John Norley
INSANITY
"Doing things the same way and expecting results to be different"
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am an American.
I owe you no apologies nor will I accept those apologies made for me by others.
If you dislike me - you dislike me not for what I am but for what you are not. By my own sweat, I have created a lifestyle which I desire for all men.
To the world, I have shared my wealth and given my blood, not because of obligation - but by my free will. I have fed the hungry of the world. Many bit my hand; I used the other hand.
I defeated my enemies in battle, then pulled them up from the ashes of defeat. Once strong, they again attacked; I turned the other cheek. Though I am strong, I have never used my strength to rule others. But do not misjudge me, I will not allow the fear of my own strength become my weakness
If you wish to rise, I will give you a helping hand. But by the grace of God, and I'll first be damned, if I'll let you drag me down so that we may be equal.
D. Ault
Chinese Proverb
Plaines Prayer
May the trail rise up to meet you,
may the wind be always at your back,
may the sun shine warm upon your face,
the snow fall soft on the plains around you
and untill we meet again....
may God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
Patton's Prayer