Dan Groat

A government that thinks it can remedy personal failure is an intrusion in everybody__ life. No law is going to cure a human__ lack of physical or mental effectiveness. I__ rather see democracy promote strength than reward weakness.

Sometimes when the three of us were together on our own, we would have a good time. I was pretty young, but sometimes we would go off in the woods and build forts and fight Indians and I think things were about as close to fine as they ever got right then during those times. In the woods. No parents. No yelling.

Our bird of hope was being denied the altitude it sought, just free enough to fly dangerously close to the reality of the treetops.

Seek until there is no hope and then seek further. Seek without end. Trudge on without tiring and without fear and without disheartenment. Trudge on, for it is within you to fight any enemy. It is who you are. It is your past and your present and your future. You will not quit. You cannot quit. Your breath is your courage, and as you breathe, so must you hope or you are already dead.

The world has a way of dragging down our mood.

The power of our country relies on the character that comes out of each of our homes.

Some people get what they want because they grab the power and swing it, and some people don__.

Governments have absolutely no interest in self-reliance. It defeats one of the purposes for their existence. They encourage and thrive on dependency. The more of it they sell, the more necessary they are, and the more power and money they need.

Politics is all about dividing up the power. Washington D.C. likes to talk about spreading the wealth, but never spreading the power.

I can__ tell you what__ in all of God__ plans, but I do know part of them. He empowers you with reason and will. Those are your strengths. That__ what gives you the chance to be great in his sight. He gave you a mind and codes to live by so you could be in charge of your own actions.

We are born among relatives. Family is defined by loyalty.

A silence overtook the odd family in their odd surroundings as loss became the mockery of the moment, and they were caught up in the emotional release that is common in a theater audience after the sudden ending of a tragic movie; the curtain closes and the people are still in their seats, numb and sighing their way back into reality.

There are struggles you cannot win, but a man can meet his own heart if value is found in loss. Give yourself permission to cry.

Just make sure the day doesn__ pass without sayin_ what__ in your heart. Sometimes you pass up those chances and they__e gone forever.

Does the plain, simple beauty of life get buried under society__ so-called required daily activities or is that just true of me? No, I know I__ not alone in that feeling. We all get caught up in the making and spending of money. I know it__ not just me.

Music is the sound of unspoken thoughts.

Devotion to self is necessary. First, place the mask on yourself and breathe deeply. Then help the others. If you don__ save yourself, they will die.

Peace, a commodity purchased with friendship and safety and anything comfortable and all things familiar; peace that was a pleasant melody playing through the moments of their day; a chord striking only the notes of security and agreement and understanding and order.