Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it we can never do anything wise in this world.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Adversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world.

Given a choice, I would never want a life totally devoid of pain, but life is meaningless without some sadness.

What people think is relative just like who people love.

She meant to write: "Is Christy here yet?"Auto Correct turned it into: "Is crazy here yet?"For once Auto Correct got it right.

A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves.

I like to cook, walk on the beach, go to concerts and look at fine art.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

Worship is at the center of everything that the church believes, practices, and seeks to accomplish

Everything in art is but a copy of nature.

Rigour and purity in assembling words, however simple the result, create a vacuum.