Going through life without love is like going through a good dinner without an appetite -- everything seems so flat and tasteless.

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.

Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you.

Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it.

A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.

A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.

A good woman inspires a man, a brilliant woman interests him, a beautiful woman fascinates him, but a sympathetic woman gets him.

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is.

In this day and age we care more about our pride than our lives.

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.

we lived depravityand called it truth, silencingour dreaming, andour love, discardingthings holy.

When each elder or pastor has his will aligned with the Lord's, we waste no time arguing for our own.

Turn off the AM Radio and get invited to your own life.

In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.

No structure of virtue can possibly be raised in our soul unless, first, the foundations of true humility are laid in our heart.

When a man marries he takes a bigger risk than the woman, because she can march out with his kids, his money, his home, and his dog.

The Moon is our local port opening to the universe; in the future, it's through that port we will sail our ships to the coastless oceans.

You should never be too much involved... otherwise, you suffer and you can't sing. This is what happened in the very first years I sang Madame Butterfly.