Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff...Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from dread.

... he does pledge to reweave your pain for a higher purpose.

Daily mediate on the Holy Scriptures.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

You stay in the war because it would be shameful to stay out of it. An then grief seizes you and hold its grip till anger has turned you into a soldier.

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.

If you look at the people who have high impact, they have pretty general knowledge. They don't have a really narrowly focused education.

I think that just being alive inspires me.

Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you.

The success or failure of any historical age is the extent to which those living at that time have fulfilled the special role that history has imposed upon them.

More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood.

Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.