James

“To find peace and quiet in the crowded farmhouse, he got up morning after morning at four or five o’clock and tiptoed downstairs to read and do his homework by the light of the big what shaded kerosend lamp on the kitchen table.”
― J. Willard Marriott

“What Emerson said on almost every page was that to grow strong and tall and self-reliant, you needed obstacles to overcome. You needed adversities to challenge you and bring out the best in you. And the bigger and tougher the obstacle, the stronger you grew in character and self confidence and in the ability to succeed.”
― J. Willard Marriott

“It is difficult to find anything more healthy to drink than good cold water, such as flows down to us from springs and snows of our mountains. This is the beverage we should drink. It should be our drink at all times.”
― Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Volume 12

“Allie knew that problems didn’t really bother Bill. In fact, he welcomed them. He often said life was an obstacle course. And that’s how you got ahead–by meeting and overcoming obstacles.”
― J. Willard Marriott