Habits are formed, not at one stroke, but gradually and insensibly; so that, unless vigilant care be employed, a great change may come over the character without our being conscious of any.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.

Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.

Write for a cause, NOT APPLAUSEWrite to express, NOT TO IMPRESS.Writing isn’t just about being noticed…IT'S BEING REMEMBERED.

I don't ask why patients lie, I just assume they all do.-Greg House

It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is.

Smack your child every day. If you don't know why - he does.

You love someone, you've got to let something go.

Most Americans don't know enough about basic economics to fill out one fortune cookie.

Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more . . . And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less

My heart is breaking," she says. "I want to be strong for you right now but the thought of you leaving is killing me inside.

It doesn't matter who you are, there are stars in every city, in every house, and on every street.