Eric Butterworth

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.

Life is a full-contact sport, and there’s a score up on the board.

He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Love is not the absence of hate; hate will always exist. Love is holding our head high and forever moving forward with kindness and compassion in spite of what hate may bring, because no amount of darkness can drown out our light if our light has been lit within.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

Join the dance.

I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

Creativity is a renewable resource. Be as creative as you like, as often as you like, because you can never run out!

Trouble is part of your life — if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

You, and only you, choose how you feel.

Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively.