If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save

Raising children, be aware that the piles and piles of laundry will disappear all too soon and that you will, to your surprise, miss them profoundly.

She was an alien, really - a sort of eating, pooping, tantrum machine - and he didn't understand anything about her species.

Now, if the passions had no hold on us, a week and a hundred years would amount to the same.

There is nothing to save, now all is lost, but a tiny core of stillness in the heart like the eye of a violet.

For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well.

Perseverance does not equal worthiness. Next time you want to get my attention, wear something fun. Low-riding jeans are hot.

A good marriage is not one where perfection reigns: it is a relationship where a healthy perspective overlooks a multitude of "unresolvables."

Curious, isn't it that "talking with the right people" means something so different from "talking with the right person"?

I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.

A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.