Loving God, help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

Life's waters flow from darkness. Search the darkness, don't run from it.

You can save people's lives but you can't save them from life!

Difficult economic times, often spur great periods of creativity and invention.

It's strange how a person can have a distinct distaste for herself, but still she clutches on to life.

The more you subtract, the more you add.

All of that loneliness and longing in my heart got transferred into the book Because of Winn-Dixie, I guess.

I used to think that it didn't make any difference how far you ran if you had a good, strong musculoskeletal system and no underlying cardiovascular problems.

Life for the unwell is discontinuous and unpredictable. Things just come out of nowhere. People try but mostly do a lousy job of taking care of you.

Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.