The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home sweet home For there the heart can rest.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

For those who love... time is eternity.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

When a husband stops paying attention to the garden, he's thinking of pulling up roots.

Each day of not writing, of comfort, of being that which he despised, dulled his ability and softened his will to work so that, finally, he did no work at all.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

Dad was very into electronics, robotics and computers, so I was interested in what he was doing.

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

My cousins and I used to play Beatle wives. We all wanted to be married to Paul, but John was O.K. too. None of us wanted Ringo. Or even worse, George.

The performance on the stage has its reasons in the performance induced in thousands of separate minds and this second performance is no less prodigious than the first.

One always abandons something in retreat. Look at Napoleon at the Beresina! He abandoned his whole army.

I like old tunes when I'm driving. They're fun and uplifting. Billy Ocean, that kind of thing.

If you can't sell to 1 in 1000, why market to a million?