The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.

Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.

What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. I drank more and continued my mantra. 'Stop thinking', swig, 'empty your head', swig, 'now, seriously empty your head'.

Do not make the Great Commission your Great Omission.

I noticed you weren't checking your watches - you've been shaking them.

Babies are always more trouble than you thought and more wonderful.

As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.

I prefer my music. I'm more of a one-nighter kind of person than to do a squat-down job for three months or whatever.

A literary movement: five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other.

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

Does God care if I'm sad? Look at the tear-streaked face of Jesus as he stands near Lazarus's tomb.

I mean, as long as it doesn't have a bra attached, guys can take a risk and wear stylish things that went out of style 30 years ago. As things go around, they come around.