Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Wherever you are - be all there.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Always desire to learn something useful.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Only the educated are free.
Know or listen to those who know.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.