It's all so beautiful . . . the spring . . . and books and music and fires. . . . Why aren't they enough?

Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it.

Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.

I wonder if children don't begin to reject both poetry and religion for similar reasons, because the way both are taught takes the life out of them.

Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,--service is the secret.

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

But hope has an astonishing resilience and strength. Its very persistence in our hearts indicates that it is not a tonic for wishful thinkers but the ground on which realists stand.

Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future.

Peace - that was the other name for home.

Only Christ could have brought us all together, in this place, doing such absurd but necessary things.

Don’t ever discount the cry of your heart. God may be working in your heart to bring about his sovereign plan.

Is it meaningless to apologize? Never.

The Federal Reserve has a responsibility to ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions and to contain systemic risks in financial markets.

Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.

I probably would be continuing to do voice-overs, continuing to do cartoon shows, and at the same time I'd probably be on a sitcom or a dramatic television show.

Have you ever known anyone who was happy? And was still in his right mind, I mean.

Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

There's nothing as scary as the future.

I have to get out of bed every day to make something happen.

That's the most important thing in art: to be aware, pay attention, be inspired - but it should come ultimately from you.