John Matthew was her well of soul, as the symphaths called it,or her pyrocant, to the vampires. Her essential weakness.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.

The mind is a maze that only you can conquer

Golf is a percentage game, and I play the percentages.

To love pleasure takes little. To love truly takes a hero who can manage his own fear.

There is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.

I only follow one party: the Vietnamese Party.

For me, once I've worked on something and it's finished, it's like an ex-boyfriend: you don't go back to them.

I smell fear, he said with a quiet intensity. But not nearly enough.

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.

In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.