The thing about Holt being a JW might have been an error. One writer accidentally switched the Holt and Heichel last names in an article.

“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever
have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.” - Howard Thurman