The doctor of the future will be oneself.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, Gratitude — the Secret of Life.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

God’s constant wealth is accessible to us, if we cultivate His holiness in our lives

We need money for daily living and upkeep. But money isn’t everything.

In the end, the innate desire of all people for truth, justice, and human understanding must triumph over ignorance and despair.

Pat Conroy embraced his new hometown with the grateful passion of a refugee.

The flirty old moon eased his way across the warped and sooty floorboards and kissed my bare toes, turning my feet as luminous as the skin of cinema stars.

Sometimes success is due less to ability than to zeal.

I work hard to let my wife know how much I love her. I try to do that every day.

Some people don't have a family to fall back on, like I have, and that's when something greater than even that comes in, and that's faith and that's what I have for me, that's what keeps me strong.

There are no long-term lessons - ever.

Painting is so difficult that I would give it up if it were not so enjoyable.