Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot.

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.

A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.

No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot.

World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams.

The sky above the island was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel—which is to say it was a bright, cheery blue.

She may have had enough time to deal with things. What if she does come back? What will you do?" Grant asked me. What would I do? I'd beg.

You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.

I feel that I've always done things the hard way, and I've always felt a lot of pride in earning everything that I have.

Once we understand that what happens beyond our control may be just what we need, we see that acceptance of reality can be our way of participating in our own evolution.

I am treated no different than the other girls.

Your value is nothing if you cannot honor your word. If you do not mean what you say, you are the most mean person on the Earth.

A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted.

I learned that strength is a matter of the made-up mind.

I'm not going to stop talking to people who come up to me in an airport. I'm not going to worry about what may be their ulterior motive.