I have been trying to get the hang of not being proud but instead turning that into thankfulness. Really whatever we have to be proud about, it is something given to us by the Lord.

If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

Life is too short to leave your walls bare or colorless. Unless you like bare and colorless then it is fine.

Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.

There's no better friend than a sister.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is within yourself.

So many people com einto our lives and then leave the way they came. But there are those precious few who touch our hearts so deeply we will never be the same.

Look to the beauty of this day, miracles are all around you.

If you pray for rain, be prepared to deal with some mud.

Heal the past, live the present, dream the future.

Bloom where you are planted!

When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition.

Handling a woman is an art that no one masters.

I really like the European carols, and I like that captivating sound that they have that isn't usually in Christmas songs.

Until Genevieve I had tended towards the more dramatic type of role

The principal thing in the world is to keep the soul aloft.

Americans count on the guaranteed benefits they paid for under Medicare.

I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society.

I hate the word 'hippy.'

The American dream has now morphed into an expectation. And if it isn't provided, or if it doesn't happen, then people feel cheated.

Thus in this sad, but oh, too pleasing state! my soul can fix upon nothing but thee; thee it contemplates, admires, adores, nay depends on, trusts on you alone.