A mother's love is like a tower, Rising far above the crowd, And her smile is like the sunshine, Breaking through a threatening cloud.

God grant me courage and hope for everyday, faith to guide me along my way, understanding and wisdom, too, and grace to accept what life gives me to do.

When you ask God for a gift, Be thankful if he sends, Not diamonds, pearls or riches, but the love of real true friends.

You cannot change reality, but you can control the manner in which you look at things. Your attitude is under your own control. Weed out the negative and focus on the positive!

No matter how steep the mountain - the Lord is going to climb it with you.

A mother's love is like a beacon, Burning bright with Faith and Prayer, And through the changing scenes of life, We can find a haven there.

The way to real growth is not to become more powerful or more famous, but to become more human and more tolerant.

Comfort comes from knowing that people have made the same journey. And solace comes from understanding how others have learned to sing again.

In everything both great and small, We see the Hand of God in all.

Never borrow sorrow from tomorrow.

Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.

For some people, “the point of no return” begins at the very moment their souls become aware of each others’ existence.

May our effort, confidence and concern for others be the altar from which we pray for personal abundance.

In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is shaped by the actions and beliefs of the perpetrator.

The greatest discovery is to find a hero within oneself that will choose life over death

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

Having grown up in dire poor, the thing that I hated the most in life was poverty.

The theater business is very much about "Hey, if you want our big blockbuster at Christmas time, you'll play our piece of crap in April."

To arrange a library is to practice in a quiet and modest way the art of criticism.

Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this. Not just as the writer but as a fan and a friend. It would be so great

There's violence in my culture [from America's South].