Habits grow like dragons if you feed them.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!

The thing is - any author on the internet doesn't weigh nearly enough as an author in the real world.

Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.

Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit.

I still have a lot to learn - about the business, about music, and about myself. Its exciting.

True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty.

Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure - after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours.

My goal has been to be a great character actor.

Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, love is a banquet on which we feed.

The great stories go to those who aren't afraid to live them