I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make it.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

Do not let the fear of unknown deter you from trying.Keep trying until you succeed.

When people close to me lie to me or try manipulating me, I feel like I know how the sun feels when the clouds steal the sun's thunder.

One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.'

It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.

Every man has one thing he can do better than anyone else--and usually it's reading his own handwriting.

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.

Pick clothes that you really love. And wear them. And don't make anything "special." If it's being held for something "special," wear it to the market. Wear it every day!

In South Carolina, Senator John Edwards won handily, fulfilling his promise to win every state he was born in.

I'm glad I don't have a drinking problem,' I confided, 'because I don't think I'd ever be able to quit.

The purpose of politics is to give people tools to make the most of their lives.