Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.

Every death is like the burning of a library.

Indeed optimists rather than defeatists have produced the results for which serious genealogical research is best known.

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

Most of us prefer to be as quiet as possible about giving, because every time it's publicized that we do something, if it's something of the nature of giving, we'll be doubly besieged, and you really get sick of being always criticized no matter what you do.

If you need to know history, the real story of those before you, then you should go to the library and read newspaper clippings of someone like Muhammad Ali every day, then it might giver you some understanding of the man.

It's an hour during the week where you can just slow down.