Few things hold the perception more thoroughly captive than anxiety about what we have got to say

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

Whoever believed in Jesus Christ, shall be justified by faith in Son of God.

[H]er spare strange beauty was not that of a woman, nor even of a statue, but that of the Platonic absolute of which all beauty is but a shadow in a cave, cast by the Fire beyond fire.

Seeds are proof that the greatest growth takes place in the dark.

Discouragement is the opposite of faith. It is Satan’s device to thwart the work of God in your life.

Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can't teach and you can't motivate, you can't lead.

Oh, how quickly things changed! Why didn't happiness last for ever? For ever wasn't a bit too long.

Even in the most grieving of losses, or whatever sort of pain you're sitting in, we can bear it.

Sometimes having the dream makes you more content than having the reality.

The world easily finds an honourable place for the magician who produces new and dazzling things.

I like 'Elle' magazine. I love things online, like when all the big brands have a fashion show, I like to see the new collections.