she prays to feel as powerful as she might if God sang silentwords into her ear and answeredall the rattling questions

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.

Moral crusaders with zeal but no ethical understanding are likely to give us solutions that are worse than the problems.

Life is spectacular. Forget the dark things. Take a drink and let time wash them away to where ever time washes away to.

Who can say how many lives have been saved by books?

Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.

The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests.

You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.

Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.

If a lion can growl, why shouldn’t a man cry?

Wounds may heal, but the scars remain.

Darkness moves like a pack of wild dogs.The wind moves like a wounded animal.The ground must be full of teeth by now.

Be selfless to be helpful.

Its an honor to be a part of such a legendary group of stars representing Max Factor, such as Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe, ... Im so excited to start working on the campaign.

Life, on confidence, is an extraordinary and powerful thing

My counsel to entrepreneurs is to 'own' a region, 'own' a market, 'own' a segment. Create something you can defend. Don't get hung up on the idea that you have to go national.

I maintain that Western popular culture at its best is worthy of respect and should be cherished as much as the operas of Wagner.

I think that business leaders today have to be more rounded than they used to be, they have to be completely multi-functional and fast-moving.