And grief, no matter how you try to cater to its wail, has a way of fading away, and the person so real, so beloved, becomes a dim, slightly out-of-focus shadow.

Now climb, young grasshopper, so your Kung Fu won't be weak.

Black hair, angelic face, and devil eyes.

Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

Success doesn't happen overnight. Keep your eye on the prize and don't look back.

Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

Tell the negative committee that meets inside your head that they have nothing to say you haven't heard before and it's about time they disbanded until they have something positive to say.

The greatest source of security our children have in this world is a God-honoring, Christ-centered marriage between their parents.

Even in your thought do not curse the king nor in your bedchamber curse the rich for a bird of the air will carry your voice or some winged creature tell the matter.

I'm from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants.

I believe every abortion is a tragedy.

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed by the facts.

Well, I did say we'll put it out and we'll put it out when we can. But I don't know what we can put out or when we can put it out.

If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.

All education is self-discovery.

I wanted to write a balls-to-the-wall supernatural horror story, something I haven't done in a long time.