You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.

It's unfortunate that many people only get religious when they are going through crisis. I guess religion to them is just something to run to in dire situations.

Christians should be the boldest people in the world-not cocky and sure of ourselves, but sure of Him.

In my career the push has always been to take another step, to try something new.

I don't live for stuff and things, and if I had to live in a cardboard box, I would put curtains on it.

Imust have a London audience.I could never preach, but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition.

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a novel.

Have to love the preemptive guilt trip! I will be visiting home for Mother's Day. Hoping for minimal "baby cannon" talk, but realistically that's going to be a big part of the day.

I think concerns with a member of Congress with a cabinet official being active in business. I don't see why it wouldn't apply to the president.

Flattery of the verbal kind is gross. In short, applause is of too coarse a nature to be swallowed in the gross, though the extract or tincture be ever so agreeable.