"Life's a journey with no maps provided."Opening line of his memoir
"Never say never because it will come back to get you later."After spilling paint and swearing he'd never be a painter, then becoming one
"Survival is the key to life. Know when to fight and when to go along."On becoming a teacher
"It is rather interesting that I became a high school graduate (neither Wayne, 8th grade or Ruth Ann, 10th grade), got talked into going to college instead of the Air Force, and became a teacher. How strange! But the grace and guidance of God was always there despite my actions."
"That was a life-changing event for me and I had little to do with how it happened. God works in mysterious ways if we will let him."On being advised to go to Norfolk Junior College
"There can be no doubt that God directed me this way and made circumstances fit the order of the day."On becoming an elementary principal
"God was with me that day. I lost the bottom ¼ of my heart but the stints that I got were the best out there."On surviving his heart attack
"Once again, God was watching over me."On his vertebrae fusion surgery
"I decided that it was very important that I do this to get right with God."On being baptized at age 19
"He leadth me, he leadth me by his own hand he leadth me. His faithful follower I would be, for by his hand he leadth me."Hymn verse
"And when my task on earth is done, when by the grace the victory's won, even death's cold wave I will not flee, since God through Jordan leadth me."Hymn verse
"Jeannette taught me what love is and it was the beginning of a wonderful life with her and later our family."On meeting his wife
"Losing them was like losing a family member. Thank God for all the joy that they gave to us."On his Boston Terriers
"I believe that I tried to do the jobs that were necessary because you never want to count on the majority to accomplish much. In History, the minority is the ones that gets things done while the majority gets by."
"I tried to convince the students that unless they could convince the students that the 'stuff' that they were trying to teach was relevant, they wouldn't get very far. I also tried to get them to drop the word 'stuff' as that which they were teaching but rather it was knowledge that was the goal."On teaching at Wayne State College
"Sincerity is Essential for Success."His senior yearbook quote
"It's my story, so I guess I can write it as I please."
"This is a story about four people: Every Body, Some Body, Any Body and No Body. There was an important job to be done, and Every Body was asked to do it. Every Body was sure Some Body would do it. Any Body could have done it, but No Body did it. Some Body got angry with that, because it was Every Body's job. Every Body thought Any Body could do it, but No Body realized that Every Body wouldn't do it. In the end, Every Body blamed Some Body when No Body did what Any Body could have done!"Read every year at the athletic banquet in Wayne by Mark Ahmann
"Then I went to the café and if mom had the money, I got A HOT BEEF SANDWICH WITH GRAPE POP and I was in Heaven."Childhood memory from Lynch
"I am always thrilled to see the mountains and play in a stream."On his first view of the mountains
"They could not hear the music but felt it through the floor vibrations."Dancing with deaf students after a basketball game