Keep doing what you're doing and you'll keep getting what you're getting.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

No one wakes up in the morning and says, 'I want to gain 150 pounds and I will start right now!

People often lose their names. Names fall into holes or get eaten by wild animals. Sometimes they’re carried away by the wind.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality

The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.

Never act like you want it, darlin'. Act like you wouldn't own it if they paid you. Tell them it's dirty, broken...a useless thing. Then make an offer.

The only time you lose at something is when you don't learn from that experience.

Mastery in poetry consists largely in the instinct for not ruining or smothering or tinkering with moments of vision.

Strength to do battle begins with enlisting the strength of God.

Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.

What is more simple than to tell to a little boy, 'This is not the truth, it is a game?'