Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.

Life is only as colorful as the paintbox you choose to paint it with.

Military life is hard, even cruel—especially for the kids.

I have a theory - if the music is good and you have good musicians, the name doesn't matter that much. There are a lot of examples of that. The name is just a calling card.

Daddy I'm just little But I love you BIG Happy Birthday Big Daddy

I'm a mutt as far as music is concerned, because I listen to everything.

We live in a day of itching ears, but I have no commission from God to scratch them.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon.

In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.