When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

I have learned that I must push the pause button occasionally and retreat into that private place in my soul where it is only me and God!

Every woman has a distinctive sense of beauty which is uniquely charming and euphoric.

It was not just inappropriate behavior

To see where something leads, it's best to wait until you've reached the end.

I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

When I feel the joy of receiving a gift my heart nudges me to join creation's ballet, the airy dance of giving and receiving, and getting and giving again.

The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music.

Abe glanced at Rose. "You see that?" he said. "Now that's devotion." She rolled her eyes at him.

Prayer is mans greatest power!