It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.

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.

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.

If there is a construction or a pathway in the spirit to be made, it is the way of godliness.

This memoir is one of the most brutally honest books I’ve ever read. You will grow to believe, and cheer on, this flawed hero as he gains a liberating knowledge of himself.

There are few subjects that match the social significance of women's education in the contemporary world.

There are very few films or plays or anything about really happy people with perfect lives.

I am in love with my La Cornue custom-made stove - it's a dream to use and my favourite part of the kitchen.

When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.

I don't even know - for me, it's difficult to decide which is more important - the things or the thoughts. It seems to me that certain things came up more or less naturally.

I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims.

I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.