Sometimes the dues we pay to maintain integrity are pretty high, but the ultimate cost of moral compromise is so much higher.

Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.

The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don't dwell.

The contortions of the gargoyles were the only therapy we had.

... when all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that are not heaven.

When we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer.

The twentieth century saw the emergence of a Churchless Mission and a Missionless Church

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

You can call your turkey organic and torture it daily.

My baby is weird man... when he get mad, he gets in the oven.

A profile, a look, a voice, can capture a heart in no time at all.

Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on.