Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

I want to bask deeply in the taste of his blood, in that flowing crimson filled with his feelings melted in it...

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

I don't think with any book you get used to people falling in love with the story. It's been incredible just to realize your books are being read. It's a pretty amazing feeling.

We may not agree with what religions are trying to teach us, but we can admire the institutional way in which they're doing it.

PCMCIA - People can't memorize computer industries acronyms

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds

I had dreamed about being a college coach for a long time, but with no education, I never thought I would get a chance.

If we repeal Obamacare, it's the Wild West, and then you're gonna see the traditional manner and behavior of Washington kick into gear and start trying to craft something.

Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.