In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

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.

I believe a family just isn’t complete without skeletons. My dearest momma clean bit off my daddy’s nose right around the time they divorced.

The first society in history whose leaders were neither Attilas nor Witch Doctors, a society led, dominated and created by the Producers, was the United States of America.

It is a conviction that war is not an answer to human conflict any more than cannibalism is an answer to human hunger.

War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.

The most effective preaching of the gospel is when it is accompanied by beautiful, appropriate music.

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.

The process of a date, I think, is terrible. Horrible. Because everything is banal and predicted.

What's the quickest way to become a millionaire? Borrow fivers off everyone you meet.

There is only one race, the human race.

'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.'