How can something so . . . huge happen so fast?

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

From the mouths of the innocents flows truth.

The heart has the ability to drive your reality, put into action by your thoughts and intuition.

God is in the business of shattering our dreams...God wants to shatter every dream we have that is not of Him. God wants us to have the very best, and the very best happens to be Himself.

I had people saying 'it's all in your head'. Do you honestly think I want to feel this way?

Khatami is a symptom and not the cause of change in Iran.

Still...you turn me on

When you paint late at night, drinking beer or wine or both, you gotta be very careful to watch what you are doing.

Don't give us your doubts, gives us your certainties, for we have doubts enough of our own.

I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse, gathers together more gazers than if it shined out.