Your strength lies in your Hope. Your salvation lies in your Faith.

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.

A small speckled visitor Wearing a crimson cape Brighter than a cherry Smaller than a grape A polka-dotted someone Walking on my wall A black-hooded lady In a scarlet shawl.

Adversity often activates a strength we did not know we had.

Love comes quietly... / but you know when it is there.

Friendship is like a rose. . . opening one petal at a time, only as it unfolds. . . day by day it reveals its true beauty.

The only educational aspect of television is that it puts the repair man's kids through college.

A brook can be a friend in a special way. It talks to you with splashy gurgles. It cools your toes and lets you sit quietly beside it when you don't feel like speaking.

Love comes quietly... but you know when it is there because suddenly... you are not alone anymore... and there is no sadness in you.

Like all good teachers, the world repeats her lesson. Over and over ...with wordless variety... She spells the name of Love.

The best way to help yourself is to help someone else.

Building confidence comes from overcoming the voice in your head that says you are not capable silence the noise and then prove it wrong.

A noble minded person is not an implement.

remembering and forgiving can be contrary things

This culture of distraction was nothing new. Christianity was born into one.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardour for their curiosity their intolerance of shams the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices.

A mother is always the beggining. She is how things begin.

We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

But what I want most of all is a normal life.

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.