Shopkeepers —the great landed and commercial interests—regularly sat and slept, and where the two publicans occupied pews, but seldom made even the pretence of worshipping.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends,for it is one of God's best gifts.

Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

Old timidity has disappeared, and is replaced by silent, quaint fun, with which his face twinkles all over, as he listens.

Remember there's always a voice saying the right thing to you somewhere if you'll only listen for it.

I want to leave behind me the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy, or turned his back on a big one.

He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want. And that's his idea of a compromise.

Life isn't all beer and skittles.

Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men.

He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world.

Heaven, they say, protects children, sailors, and drunken men; and whatever answers to Heaven in the academical system protects freshmen.

Look inside, and be your own guide.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

432In the end, grace may prove irresistible, but love can never be forced. Augustine knew this.

A chief cause of worry and unhappiness in life is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.

Necessity may be mother of invention, but fun is the father.

I'm thinking to myself, I just love doing the art, it takes me a morning to do.

I am careful about my conduct because I know this cause requires clean men.

I've loved someone since I was seventeen but I can't have him and I can't give him up. So until I can do that no one else will stand a chance.

No matter how well-meaning your intention, doing too much is not always an act of love but of sabotage.

No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled.