Blay was the closest thing to an angel Qhuinn had ever come near.

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.

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us.

I'm always ready and willing to just keep pushing and working and going because it's in my spirit.

I advocate the modification of the '67 borders to let about half of the Israeli stay in Palestine.

It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.

Some people think wearing powder ages them, but try it anyway. For me it mattes my makeup and blends it well.

My limited experience of such things told me that you get closest to the truth by not giving it advance warning that you're coming after it.

The 'data' (given) of research are not so much given as taken out of a constantly elusive matrix of happenings. We should speak of capta rather than data.

I always begin [a novel] with outlines, but they change and so do my endings and beginnings.

Against Juventus we were massive underdogs, so to beat them was fantastic.