V tired to imagine giving up his proclivities. "My monster needs to get out. Especially now.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

God's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.

It was my life — like all lives, mysterious and irrevocable and sacred. So very close, so very present, so very belonging to me. How wild it was, to let it be.

The dollar that's being paid the players has hurt the game. The players take advantage of coaches. The players' attitude is, "I make more than you, so don't tell me what to do."

The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.

Cat's eyes seem a bridge to a world beyond the one we know.

As the Lord put on the body, leaving behind all principality and power, so Christians put on the Holy Spirit, and are at rest.

If it is true that cowardice is the most grave vice, then the dog, at least, is not guilty of it.

The challenge is about taking things that are infinitely complex and making them simpler and more understandable.

No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations than those by which a man computes the force of his own genius.

I tend to work in layers. There's a huge orchestra in the film, but I also record a lot things with very intimate groups, and I like to be able to use the textures of those intimate groups.