Sadness is the heart withdrawing to seek shelter from the pain.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

Those who deal with customers on a regular basis should be circumspect whenever they open their “traps.” It is better not to say anything at all than to say, and later, pay!

When the statistics have a face, poverty becomes personal.

Obviously, when you're up against somebody you don't like there's extra motivation, but I don't think any person going for an Olympic gold is going to put friendship first.

The church used to confess its sin, now it confesses its right.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time.

I don't think the human effect [of climate change] is significant compared to the natural effect.

Ruthless. That’s my girl.

It was a completely new feeling for me–like someone had just released a million, tiny butterflies loose in my stomach, and they were feverishly flying up into my head and making me lose my mind.

The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

The way that I Am is designed, it becomes a kind of archipelago, which the Bahamas are.