The month of December isn’t magical because it sparkles. It’s magical because it changes people’s hearts … at least momentarily.

Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives.

I do not know the answers to life's hard questions, but I do know the One who knows them and that's sufficient...for now.

You were born into this life equipped to succeed. You are a part of God’s perfect plan. Yes, you. The plan would not be perfect if you were missing. Think about that. You matter more than you know.

Focus on the win and you lose the battle, focus on the battle and you win.

Some of the most memorable paths I've taken have been detours.

I can only change the world by changing myself.

It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. Trust your every step because none of us walk this journey alone.

Oh, child, my child, if only you realized who you truly are.

Miracles happen when dreamers take action.

Don’t you dare focus your energy on the 99 reasons something can’t be done. Focus on the one thing you can do and the 99 won’t matter.

If your actions don't excite, motivate or inspire others to do better, you're doing it wrong.

... it is strange to know you would be cast off by the people who greet you so warmly, if they knew the whole truth about you.

I don’t mind my friends calling me “Thornes, ” but the fact of people calling me “Prickly Thornes” draws the line.

I agree that sometimes it is difficult to choose between right and wrong, but not between right and stupid.

Even discomfort or pain delivers awareness of life, and an opportunity for gratitude.

A BMS hears hoofbeats outside his window, the first thing he thinks of is a zebra

I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. I'm not playing that game. Any woman who has survived a year or more of making music has my undying respect.

I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in.

Oh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas

The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music, which one hears for one's good as one approaches it.