Tranquility is like quicksilver. The harder you grab for it, the less likely you will grasp it.

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day.

If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

If you don’t want to live in self-deceit in a new year, miracle must not be your focus

Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.

True leadership is caring about the people who don’t care about things you care about.

My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled.

I really feel vulnerable when I don't have the answer to something. When I feel lack of control, my nerves really kick in.

People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

It seems that many health professionals involved in antenatal care have not realized that one of their role should be to protect the emotional state of pregnant women

In all things there is a law of cycles.

Sweet cherry wine, so very fine, take it on down, pass it all around.