The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.

The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people! To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, And sink beneath a load of splendid care!

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.

No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.

The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure.

We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.

There are only two bad things in this world, sin and bile.

When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.

You don't get strong by standing at the finish line, you get strong with every step you take to get there.

Everthing-absolutely everything-will be my I love you, Eppie.

Bad promises are better broken than kept.

I never dreamed I would be producing the Oscars. That was a huge deal for me.

You can't really just think, "Oh, I want to make something that is going to appeal to every single person in the world." You have to just try to make a movie that comes from your heart.

Senator Marco 'amnesty' Rubio, while proponents of immigration reform say the Florida Republican was quick to retreat when the going got tough.

I adore Susan Sarandon, she's just so cool, and brilliant, and beautiful. I just like her whole vibe - off- and on-screen.

I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things.

You make decisions and you're not going to please everybody all the time.

It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.