Don't over analyze your relationships.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family.

A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.

The Pursuit of Happiness: It sure seems to like a good chase, doesn't it?

I was made at right angles to the world and I see it so. I can only see it so.

The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.

Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.

But when the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?

Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.

Try square dancing-at least long enough to no longer feel silly and begin to have fun.

I was a pretty confident kid, even if it was all false bravado.