I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

We are young, life is vivacious, life is fun, let's enjoy it, at the beach with loving sun.

I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I happened to write some jokes about it. I did real well for myself.

If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation.

If you feel a bump on page one hundred, it may be you went off on page fifty.

To have committed every crime but that of being a father.

The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one's mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind

At Court, every one for himselfe. [At court, everyone for himself.]

Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving.

Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry must decline.

Compromise is part and parcel of making a movie. It's a question of the kinds of compromises that you have to make.