True worth is doing each day some little good not dreaming of great things to do by and by.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

To live is to evolve our point of view about the world and what we have decided to do with it.

If you cannot find and appreciate the beauty of your own thoughts, how can others appreciate you?

Come in, my dearFrom that harsh worldThat has rained elements of stoneUpon your tender face.Every soulShould receive a toast from usFor bravery!

Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.

No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!

But it is possible that, in the days ahead, these years we have lived through may eventually be thought of simply as a period of disturbance and regression

I think it's a room full of insecure actors, which is ultimately very comforting.

What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all lives what is unlivable for some.

When I finished the book [The Dissemblers], I sent it to one billion agents, and got one billion rejections.

I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there for them no matter what.