I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

WHEN SOMEBODY GOES AWAY THERE'S THINGS YOU WANT TO TELL THEM. WHEN SOMEBODY DIES MAYBE THAT'S THE WORST THING. YOU WANT TO TELL THEM THINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER.

You are giving me words to write a song and that's even better than butterflies.

Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness?

A candle without a spark, a sky without a sun, the look people get when they cease to be people, start being bodies.

We face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free.

It was tough trying to figure out how to put on all the women's clothes.

Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

I don't want to be the Hollywood girl... I'm Southern and old-fashioned.

I believe one can live many lives through personal style. Every day is an occasion to reinvent yourself

At the end of the day, I'm not a bad person; I don't hurt anyone.