Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

In the distorting mirror of your mind, an angel can seem to have a devil's face.

We have to change our thoughts before things can change.

It's what you do when you grow up, apparently, face up to things you'd rather not and accept the fact that nobody is who you thought they were, maybe not even close.

I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become.

At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?

It is up to us as lawmakers to provide the resources and streamlined processes that will enable our federal forest managers to become the best possible steward of our lands.

O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried!

Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change.

I don't know anything about inspiration because I don't know what inspiration is; I've heard about it, but I never saw it.

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.