Hope is the anchor of our souls. I know of no one who is not in need of hope - young or old, strong or weak, rich or poor.

There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.

If you take each challenge one step at a time, with faith in every footstep, your strength and understanding will increase.

There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus they bless.

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity.

One of the main problems in families today is that we spend less and less time together.... Time together is precious time-time needed to talk, to listen, to encourage, and to show how to do things.

Your criticism may be worse than the conduct you are trying to correct.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

Faith is the power, obedience is the price, love is the motive, the Spirit is the key and Christ is the reason.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities.

Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.

They're looking for guys like us, he says, young and hungry, not done yet. I say I'm not hungry, Rick, all I am is angry. He says that'll do just fine.

Dogs are a gift to mankind. They are happy and joyful and loyal by nature. They are pure, positive energy and teach by example. That is all that's required of them.

The rifle and handgun are 'equalizers' -- the weapons of a democracy. Tanks and bombers represent dictatorship.

Man does what he can, and God what he will.

Always think of passing the ball before shooting it.

But stories somehow lengthen when begun.

The minute it gets to a runway, you're tempted to do some high jinks. I don't want to show something I won't produce. I want people to wear the clothes I show.

He's like a drug for you, Bella. I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun.

I keep vaguely wondering what Macs are like, but the ones I've seen spend too much time being friendly.