I would hold you up. I will ever hold you up and hold you dear, lover mine.

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.

There are a thousand things to hear about, informationally, daily, but the thing that doesn't go away is the one to pay attention to.

... life is a series of tiny, unavoidable decisions.

People believed what made them comfortable. What fit with their preconceptions of how the world worked.

whoever has grown without a mother has missed half of his/her lifetime

I'm more interested in books than people, and I always expect everybody else to be, but they're not.

I want to win the game. I dont worry about taking over the game unless I have to.

That the world was silent and cold and bare and that in this lay its terrible beauty

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

I still love with all my heart anything that I have ever loved in my life.

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.