A boss says “go and make sure you do it”

I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.

If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.

Nothing comes unannounced, but many can miss the announcement. So it's very important to actually listen to your own intuition rather than driving through it.

It's wrong I think, morally and annoying in general, to try to get a kid to be a foodie, so I never even suggested, "Hey baby it's good, maybe you should try it." That never worked for me.

What we want is not power, but simply combination in order to elicit the largest possible giving.

Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater.

The good Shepherd dog knows his master almost better than himself and must wonder indeed at the lack of the reverse.

The mind, as you age, Is an artist, it seems. Monet paints your mem’ries, Picasso your dreams.

The question is whether personal freedom is worth the terrible effort, the never-lifted burden and risks of self-reliance.

But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest Innocence away