Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

The Devil always takes back his own.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning earning and yearning.

I look after myself. I train and go to the gym.

I was married to Glenn Ford. But now I feel as though I'm married to God, and in the nicest, purest sense.

I do my best to answer all questions that they might have as well as make appearances at camps and what not.

It's made me realize that imperfect is perfectly comfortable to me. Whether it's a city or my apartment, I feel most at home when things are somewhat flawed.

Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.

One of my central maxims is how a major part of what a conductor tries to do is get a large group of people to agree on where "now" actually is.

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country.

Human beings are, necessarily, actors who...can be divided...into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.