“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.”

~ Niccolo Machiavelli

“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.”

~ St. Augustine

“If you want to be prosperous for a year, grow grain. If you want to be prosperous for ten years, grow trees. If you want to be prosperous for a lifetime, grow people.”

~ Proverb