Before we can teach our children, we must understand and live the principles ourselves. It is vital that the child learn from our example that what we say and what we live are the same.

The Lord wants us to be filled with hope-not just because it points us to a brighter tomorrow, but because it changes the quality of our lives.

I know the Lord is anxious to respond to us if we will only turn to him.

That is the nature of hope. We do all we can, and then the Lord stretches forth his hand and touches our lives with light and courage and, most of all, hope.

In the soft and gentle arms of a mother's love, children can come to know the voice of the Lord.

Each of us comes into this world separately, one by one. This is not an accident. I think it's the Lord's way of reminding us of the infinite worth of each soul.

I feel underslept but overjoyed. Nothing feels so good as this.

I lit a cigarette. 'Go ahead, take a smoke, ' my father said. 'It won't kill you. Only sadness will.

Dear Mrs. Black: On seven prior occasions this company has denied your claim in writing. We now deny it for the eighth and final time. You must be stupid, stupid stupid, stupid!

Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.

The deeds of the children are a testament to the upbringing they received from their parents.

So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it.

The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.

Unconditional love is all you have. You can't overdose on love, you never can. It's a beautiful thing.

What's happening in Cuba is not a failure of the Cuban people. It's a failure of Fidel Castro and the Communists.

I dont think playing a villain is my greatest talent.