Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

God is the designer of the family.

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

Whatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.

The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.

Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.

Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.

Words matter. Without words you can't have stories and without stories we would never have heard of the Greatcoats.

They can afford to smile because they all have teeth so dazzling if they dropped them in the snow they'd be lost forever.

The gods do make playthings of us. But it is we mortals who provide them with tools.

It will always be foolish to ask a cheater if they would ever cheat on you.

How many hours are there in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask-half our great theological and metaphysical problems-are like that.

This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.

It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since, as soon as a choice exists, it can only be bad.

I try to make images that have the immediate presence we take for granted in objects - a chair, a shoe, a book, a Judd - and compose them like sentences.

Take eloquence and wring its neck.

I've always loved black culture; I don't know any other way to put it. Since I was a kid I loved music and early jazz, Sly and the Family Stone.