William Martin Quotations

The ride last year went extremely well. We did have bad weather. It was cloudy and cool, but we also had a real good turnout.

Therefore, your mistakes and your failures are blessings; opportunities for the best in parenting. And those who point out your mistakes are not your enemies, but the most valuable of friends.

A man will be known by his books.

We are simply committing ourselves to paying attention to our life. We use meditation to help us in that attention process. We are not trying to become good meditators. We are trying to wake up.

And part of growin’ up is learnin’ to see the world through other men’s eyes.

Do you have agendas for your children that are more important than the children themselves? Lost in the shuffle of uniforms, practices, games, recitals, and performances can be the creative and joyful soul of your child. Watch and listen carefully. Do they have time to daydream? From their dreams will emerge the practices and activities that will make self-discipline as natural as breathing.

How do children learn to correct their mistakes? By watching how you correct yours. How do children learn to overcome their failures? By watching how you overcome yours. How do children learn to treat themselves with forgiveness? By watching you forgive yourself.

There's nothing more fun than getting in front of a packed house of people who want to hear what you've written and are attentive, enthusiastic, laugh in all the right places and seem to be having a good time.

There are going to be some trade-offs and drilling in presently restricted areas is going to be one of those areas.

I've seen less and less people over the years stopping. Why? I don't know. You run into people who don't care about anything but themselves.