We do not hug our miracles close. We put them hastily away, preferring the commonplace to live with.

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.

People so seldom say I love you And then it's either too late or love goes. So when I tell you I love you, It doesn't mean I know you'll never go, Only that I wish you didn't have to.

In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts, which He also gave us.

Faith is a gift-but you can ask for it.

In making our decisions we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts which He also gave us.

We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow.

When facts give way to faith, then and only then do you unlock the possibilities within.

The burning flame is the fierce fire.

She had had no idea what it would do to her seeing him in a suit.

Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.

You need at this time especially to know that you are fit for something better than slavery and cannon fodder.

I'm not actually from Compton - I'm from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I'm there all the time.

Old age is a time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is that I cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration.

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

I don't want to be somebody else.

Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don't have time to bother with success or getting rich.