Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

I know! WHY! – Am I so catty? – Cause I’m consumed with envy an’ eaten up with longing? –

Life's too short, drive it like ya stole it!

A good country song takes a page out of somebody's life and puts it to music.

You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct.

I work hard at it [delivery of lyrics], just like I worked hard at getting my masters degree. It's not just something I sit down and do. You have to learn and keep learning.

It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

Every silver lining has a touch of grey.

The virtue of a piece is the writer’s thoughts.

I always look ahead, to the side, but never back.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.