Below are some memorable sayings from Joe. I wrote these down haphazardly over the years, usually during a lunch date. Some of these he repeated. Others he said only once.

“I don’t lead a normal life. I know God in person.”

“Every Friday is my birthday and every night is New Year’s Eve.”

“A doctor is a public servant with riches in heaven.”

“The best educator is loving people.”

“God gives intelligence and the ability to produce.”

“God’s pen is a red rose.”

“What we do we do for future generations.”

“You know a good way to count your blessings, look at everything around you and think what would I have to do to make everything myself.”

“Look at that menu. People do a great job of taking care of each other.”    

 “Don’t judge a book by its cover and everything will be just fine.”

“God’s table is pretty good today.”

“Breakfast, lunch and dinner. And they ship it all the way to Paradise. Anybody should appreciate this menu. People should appreciate this menu and what it took to put it together.”

“We are guests of God’s cuisine.”

“You should contact home builders and people in construction,” he says. “You should ask them to work on campus,” his voice rings with hope: “Tell them, we don’t build ourselves, we build a country. We don’t build ourselves, we build a country.”

“Be thankful for your teachers and where your wisdom came from. You should pray for them and where you wisdom came from.” 

“This is a meeting place for our brothers and sisters. They made everything possible. Everything was contributed by them.”

“I am sitting here and the world around me. And I am proud to know them all.”