If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence. To break the endless song.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can rest.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

For those who love... time is eternity.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.

The more profoundly we study this wonderful book [the Bible], and the more closely we observe its divine precept, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.

In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age.

In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed.

I love almonds as a snack, and in the morning, yogurt is a fantastic go-to. Sometimes I mix them together.

The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.

Paradise is open to all kind hearts.

You cannot squelch what's happening at the moment - you cannot put a lid on it and squash it down.

But there are still good shows like 24, Boomtown and the Wire, the Shield.

I don't belive Oprah's sexual abuse stories, I mean who would take a black girl when there are plenty of white?