Faith is like lighting the torch that passes from one person to the next. You can't light the torch of another if yours isn't burning.

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

Don't get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.

Allow me to offer a simple definition of wisdom. Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

Anything under God's control is never out of control.

Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.

Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you!

The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.

Customs, morals--is there a difference?

The way you perceive your Self is what enables, or disables, you.

My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was - that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for a visit by anyone who desires You!

The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.

Einstein was always looking for a unifying principle for the universe. I think anxiety about hair is the unifying principle.

True faith is not a leap into the dark; it's a leap into the light

Progress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly, there is nothing left but quietism - robbing reality of its terrors by simply submitting to it.

I was living in the U.K. I was back in New Zealand for the New Zealand Music Awards, which is like our annual New Zealand GRAMMYs.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Start slowly, then taper off.