If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people.

Love can melt the hardest heart, heal the wounds of the broken heart and quiet the fears of the anxious heart.

I make mistakes every day. I'm not perfect in my behavior, but I want to be and that's what God is after, a heart that wants to be.

Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.

A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.

When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.

I never thought the brightest smile would come from a mouth without teeth.

You’re a lady. It’s written all over you, but the West doesn’t forgive any woman-unless she’s got a man.

Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.

A lot of folks that ain't saying 'ain't,' ain't eating.

I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.

I don't look like a lot of fun. I just don't.

It's lucky it's dark. I haven't blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.

You can't do better than that.

Self-respect governs morality: respect for others governs our behavior.

In all pleasures hope is a considerable part.