All souls in hell are there because they did not pray. All the saints sanctified themselves by prayer.

The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.

He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does.

You can only hurt a woman so many times before her fangs grow sharp, her claws scratch deep, and her eyes become blades.

Possible is within you bring it out to attain your desired destiny

Many of us persons of the tinted persuasion care about human rights and artistic freedom too.

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

I have a microphone on one ankle and an ankle bracelet on the other, so I'm well balanced today.

Things do happen and it's not you that changes, it's your life that changes

If the project piques my interest and scares me a little bit, then it's got me hooked.

Everyone thinks I'm some big drug addict and loser because of the parts I play - quite the opposite. I decided to be a winner.

"30 Rock" is over, so I definitely aspire to write another movie again; eventually, will try to pitch something for television again.

The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.