Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being.

If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.

Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.

Our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there is a gain. Sometimes we are so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors.

The best way to get even is to forget.

She said interruptions were simply God's appointments.

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle

Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him.

Those very habits promoting emotional distance keep us from experiencing the love we so desperately long for and the love we are meant to give away.

What inspires you to do what you do is the reason why you persist, even in the face of trouble.

Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.

Styling is designing for obsolescence.

God chose to set his love on the Israelites not because of any merit in them but solely because of mercy in him.

We all scribble poetry.

I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no reason.

Why be second best at anything?

It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz.