If God had intended me to make excuses for who I am, He would have given me better excuses.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest?

If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same.

It finally happened. I got the GPS lady so confused, she said, "In one-quarter mile, make a legal stop and ask directions.

For the most part, we carnivores do not eat other carnivores. We prefer to eat our vegetarian friends.

On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me.

It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background.

I'm working from the assumption it's going to go horribly wrong. If we get out of here with limbs intact and no aspen slivers in uncomfortable places, we're calling it a win."Merit/Jonah

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.

You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed.

Find value in what we've been taught is worthless.

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.

People who think too much before they act don't act too much.

Everybody dies, but great souls ressurects in our memories.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.