The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

Love is an attraction but not a reaction.

If some people came into contact with anything real they would be shocked out of their minds.

Perhaps trust had to be accompanied by a measure of common sense, and a hefty dose of realism about human nature. But that would need a lot of thinking about, and the tea break did not go on forever.

The greatest duty is to know, love and obey God.

Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.

I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.

Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff are the best. You won't have me ever say a bad word about them.

I can't decide whether to commit suicide or go bowling.

I would not be too surprised to see a flying horse; I would consider it as a gift of the evolution; but I would be very surprised if it had horseshoe sounds!

There's a lot you can't tell about people, looking in from the outside" -Hanna