If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

Church is not an organization you join; it is a family where you belong, a home where you are loved and a hospital where you find healing.

Anyone can stay true to your face, it's the people who stay true behind your back that really count.

Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

If the grass looks greener on the other side, it is probably astroturf.

Appreciate those who love you. Serve those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Thank those who help you.

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings

Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.

A full moon sprinkled the black ocean with diamonds, and she could imagine fairies dancing in the silver foam that laced the huge, dark waves.

The trouble with talking about irony is, it's such a slippery thing that the second you start talking about it, you're a better example of it than you are an analyst.

Remain open to as much input as possible.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

Without Greece, it is not possible to preserve the integrity of the European phenomenon.

Fine doesn't mean fine! The scale goes: great, good, okay, not okay, I hate you, fine.

One bacterium has 2,000 to 6,000 proteins.

This is politics. People in power never have to play by the same rules.

How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.

Because I don't believe everything I read.