The beauty of the written word is that it can be held close to the heart and read over and over again.

Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future.

The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush.

Our children do not need a makeover, they just need to be understood. If you understand their emotional needs now, you can save them a lifetime of searching for what they never had as a child.

For some, transformation comes quickly, but for most of us, the changes are gradual.

Progress should never be impeded by a need to coddle adults who respond to the world as children.

You know, the world is all about balance. You lose something here... maybe somebody else picks it up over there.

The only thing better than going to Pitcairn in the first place, is going again.

Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move, And when this dust falls to the urn In that state I came, return.

The greatest part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable.

There's nothing to catch up on. You came, you saw, you scored, you left. End of story.

Don't let something you don't fully understand unravel everything you do know.

Fairness and justice will be the base of my government.

I suspect that hunger was my mother.

Sometimes crowds start out not liking someone but then they shift and love them. Or vice versa. It can shift on a dime.