Every dog is entitled to one bite.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

Do not lose your heart, " she said. What she did not tell me was that the surest way to lose it was to hold it tight.

Do not trust and depend on someone as a godfather but accept God the father of all fathers.

In America, Christmas is the king of all holidays. To be left out of Christmas is the ultimate minority experience.

I think it's a nice payback. There aren't many people that kind of give back to artists that were their inspiration. Most people think they're . . . they're very self bloated.

I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there.

Enough is ever-receding.

As long as we wish for safety, we will have difficulty pursuing what matters.

The Church of Rome, the Pope has always said, 'Seek peace.'

Stories never live alone; They are the branches of a family that we have to trace back, and forward.

If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then we must not be declaring the same message that Jesus did.