The citizen ... preserved the resolute bearing of one who was not to be frowned down or daunted, and who cared very little for any nobility but that of worth and manhood.

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.

Sometimes things do not go the way one wanted them to go... At times like this, one would wish that one had not dreamt so much. Just hang in there... destination is just a mile away.

The greatest thing in all the world is loving. The second greatest in all the world is learning.

People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to sit and ask questions and explore issues?

When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.

If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.

Community college is like a disco with books: "Here's ten dollars; let me get my learn on!"

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.

I think, if I've learned anything over the years, it is that every single season is a unique one.

They've picked their heads up off the ground, and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders.

Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.