Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people--the one people want you to be and the one you want to be.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

When anything is possible, how do you choose?

I always like to get local music when I'm in another country.

there is direction but there is no destination

I've got to make it to heaven; for going through hell.

What is too often forgotten is that nature obviously intends the botched to die, and that every interference with that benign process is full of dangers.

Nothing is real unless it is observed

I have to finish it in order to know whether it deserves to survive.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love ... then make that day count!

But superstition, like belief, must die.

It takes far less courage to cling to the past than it does to face the future".