Happiness is ours for the taking and take it we must without any apologies. We deserve to be happy, loved, and respected......nothing less.

People who give the best are those who give of themselves – your time, talents, words, knowledge.

I figure, sometimes, bad things happen to us so we can achieve a higher purpose and attain greater happiness and fulfillment in life.

Age is only a number. Maturity to a large extent is dependent on your exposure to life, its experiences and your lessons from them.

It is imperative you stay in touch with your inner self so you don’t lose the essence of who you truly are.

Virtues untie the knots that life could sometimes bring our way and they glide us through easily.

A life of service is a life well and greatly lived.

Forgiveness brings us closer to those who have hurt us and helps them to experience the forgiveness and love of Jesus through us who forgives them.

Be like Jesus. Live love, speak love, think love…..do all things in love.

A beautiful woman is one with a beautiful heart. She may be covered with mud or sores but only her foot fit the glass slipper.

Clear out the past, layout the present and prepare for a much better and brighter future.

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

A bird in the hand may be worth two in the bush, but remember also that a bird in the hand is a positive embarrassment to one not in the poultry business.

Sport is an important part of the Australian psyche. Anybody who thinks that sport is not part of the fabric of Australian life misunderstands this country quite dramatically.

I like the horror community because they're subversive. They question things. If something is held back from them, especially if they've heard that its good, they seek it out.

What is so funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously. Laughter is the same and healthy response to the innocent foibles of men; and even to some which are not innocent.

I'd pull my little brother on our motorcycle on an inner tube behind it. We would go fishing, we would hunt some, growing up.

If you’re constantly open to inspiration, it will come to you. The worst thing a man can do is pressure himself into an idea.

The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.

I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word.