One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can rest.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

For those who love... time is eternity.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

I not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of suffering

a fall from great innocence hurts the most to knowthat you are nowtainted

Time passes irrevocably.

I'm a Pisces but I'd rather be a killa whale.

Everything in the universe is everything else. A man is a killer is a saint is a monkey is a cockroach is a goldfish is a whale, and the Devil is just the angel who asked for More.

When a hunter is in a tree stand with high moral values and with the proper hunting ethics and richer for the experience, that hunter is 20 feet closer to God.

Truth is a jewel which should not be painted over; but it may be set to advantage and shown in a good light.

Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.

"Pop" was a dirty word for a really long time and it feels like that's not the case anymore.

All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.