“David, you are a man. Become a leader in all that you do, and conduct yourself at all times as one. Work hard in everything that you do. Never quit working at the job at hand until it is properly and successfully completed. Don’t watch the clock,...just keep working and finish the job.
Read good books and learn well the correct and proper usage of the English Language. If you plan to be successful, Buckshot, you will have to be able to work with other people and therefore you must be able to communicate properly with them, verbally as well as in writing. Learn and use proper punctuation and diction so that when you communicate with others, they will be able to clearly understand your instructions and will want to listen to what you have to say. Then always remember....to keep more under your counter than you ever put out on top of it for display. Always have a reserve,....one day you may need it.
Never forget, you are a Severn, act like it, at all times!”

-Charles Allen Severn, Best Friend and Father

“The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed.”

-William Bennett, American Politician and Political Theorist

“You are never too old to set another goal
or to dream a new dream.”

-Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis, Author, Poet, and Lay Theologian

“Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.”

-Ronald Wilson Reagan, President of the United States