Education

• Marion High School (Illinois)

Favorite saying

• ""God does not change the condition of a people until they first change what is in their hearts." Qu'ran To abide in God means to be totally immersed in the consciousness of unity with God—with no thought of separation from the power and presence of Spirit. Wayne Dyer "Wonders are many, but none so wondrous as man." Pindar "The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be." William James "It should be your care and mine to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them contempt of meanness, injustice, and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel. If we allow their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives. John Adams "It is not in the still calm of life that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties." Abigail Adams "Great necessities call out great virtues." Abigail Adams “Character is success and there is no other” Orison Swett Marden “Wise political leaders march at the head of affairs. They do not wait for events, but know what actions to take. The actions they take will produce the events.” Alexander Hamilton "What men lack is not talent, it is purpose; Not the power to achieve, but the will to labor." Orison Swett Marden “I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” Henry David Thoreau "To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do." Kahlil Gibran"