A soft answer turns away anger.

People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need.

Love is a choice you make everyday.

Love doesn't erase the past, but it makes the future different.

Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.

Remember that your ultimate goal is for your children to grow up secure in your love, strong in their faith, and with sound character.

We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history.

Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures. (1 Cor 13:5)

Don't be a victim of the urgent. In the long run, much of what seems so pressing right now won't even matter. What you do with your children will matter forever.

If we are to develop an intimate relationship, we need to know each other's desires. If we wish to love each other, we need to know what the other person wants.

Good folk, I have no coin, To take were to purloin:I have no copper in my purse, I have no silver either, And all my gold is on the furzeThat shakes in windy weatherAbove the rusy heather.

Visits always give pleasure--if not the arrival, the departure.

Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.

I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.

My life sucks when I’m only half-aware of it. If I quit drinking and saw what it’s really like, I’d probably jump off a bridge.

We actually grew closer as friends years later when we started doing personal appearances together. I stayed in touch with Andy [Griffith] and Don [Knotts] until they passed away.

I think we're all experiencing climate change. Experience is an effective teacher. It's sometimes a very harsh teacher. So we will be taught about climate change.

Do not always run away from the darkness! Remember the beautiful lakes which are hidden inside the dark caves! In the least expected places, there exist the most beautiful treasures!

The best way to honor your dreams is to get them done!

I don't believe in bodybuilders using steroids. If a man doesn't have enough male hormones in his system to create, a nice hard, muscular body, he should take up ping pong.