The deeper the mines, the darker the earth.
Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.
Coal mining is tough. Acting is just tedious.
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission. It's more a hunt than a harvest.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
As for coal, it may or may not be here to stay, but it's certainly here for now.
There is something very special about the land that is 'passed over' in a strip-mining operation.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand, there is the story of the earth.
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Mining is a temporary land use; the land can be reclaimed for other purposes once the coal is gone.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Mining is a dangerous profession. There's no way to make it completely safe, and there's no way to make it cost-effective.