Are you wet for me, Mary? I think you are. I think you're covered with honey.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

Renew your mind every morning with pure thoughts.

I never said you had to like it. You have to accept it. No regret." - Clare Harding From the current book in writing BUMPKIN by Lani Brown.

We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.

If there's a heaven, it's a cold place. A dark place. A lonely place.

Well, I get my subject on Wednesday night; I think it out carefully on Thursday, and make my rough sketch; on Friday morning I begin, and stick to it all day, with my nose well down on the block.

Being funny in life is a lot more like judo. It's using the energy.

The Great Vessel takes long to complete.

Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.

I'm a storyline. I'm the chosen one for negative stories and controversial things. If I worried about it all, I would go insane.