Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them.

Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of your journey.

It's a lot easier to get your way if you have more than one way.

The accumulation of small, optimistic acts produces quality in our culture and in your life. Our culture resonates in tense times to individual acts of grace.

There are, of course, two kinds of suffering, that which has a reward and that which doesn't.

If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor.

The best revenge is, of course, a good life. Enjoy yourself, be happy, be successful. It'll drive them crazy-or you can imagine it does. You'll feel so good you won't care.

The journey toward the heart is always a journey home.

Pain is a great teacher, but most of us would rather learn some other way.

People who think in absolutes usually don't listen to anyone but themselves. They resist new ideas and try to preserve the status quo.

People who think they know usually stopped thinking long ago.

You're not a book person. And now you're not an internet person? What does that leave you?

Politics must be founded on the solid faith of God almighty

I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell.

Don't be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.

New ideas must use old buildings

Scripts are corny and predictable. Real life is always better.

Don't you ever imagine things differently than what they are? Oh, Marilla, how much you miss.

A saint is never consciously a saint- a saint is consciously dependent on God.

The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh.

Leave an old flame in the past. It'll just get worse if you rekindle it.