Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

Too often it is fear that guides our actions when compassion would better serve.

Wal-mart has done such a superb job of austerity, from start to finish, that austerity is all that's left.

Love gives you one more heart to beat for you.

As an artist you need to move on, you need to try new things.

The earth endured Christ's ministry only three years;--not three weeks after his real character and purposes were generally known.

I am not ready to die, / But I am learning to trust death / As I have trusted life.

Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.

[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness.

Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.

I am a public library