I love you." Z squeezed his eyes shut. "Don't be a tragedy, Bella.

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.

Every eye makes its own perception.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

For a long time the only time I felt beautiful-in the sense of being complete as a woman as a human being and even female-was when I was singing.

Competition is warfare. Mostly it is played by prescribed rules--there is a sort of Geneva Convention for competition--but it's thorough and often brutal.

Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love.

All the goodness, beauty, and perfection of a human being belong to the one who knows how to recognize these qualities.

The kiss is a wordless articulation of desire whose object lies in the future, and somewhat to the south.

People know when youre frontin.

People tell me what to do every single day. They think I'm boring. I'm Disney kid. So, there's that.

All thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test; here, afore heaven, I ratify this my rich gift.