Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-haired child. - Carl Sandburg

I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way

I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision

Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.