Affliction caused by the tongue is worse than that caused by the strike of the blade of a sword.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

The awful penalty of success is the haunting dread of subsequent failure.

Such a funny thing, time. You spend your whole life wishing there was more or less of it, never realizing that the time already given could be worth more than that which you wished for.” -Davina

I like books whose virtue is all drawn together in a page or two. I like sentences that don't budge though armies cross them.

Kindness begins in the heart of a willing mind.

I'd always thought hurricanes were romantic, with pretty feminine names like Celestine.

Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love.

Every one of us strives to be a better person; and if I am to contribute one thing of myself, it would be compassion.

I still think we have a long way to go on rebuilding a culture of cooking. Everyday simple cooking.

You can't change a negative situation with bad feelings. If you keep reacting negatively, your bad feelings will magnify and multiply the negativity.

Any day you wake up, maybe you die.