How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain.

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep.

We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.

My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.

So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn’t complain. It was normal.

I'm joyful in my religious belief.

The mere title of lawyer is sufficient to deprive a man of the public confidence. ... The most innocent and irreproachable life cannot guard a lawyer against the hatred of his fellow citizens.

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now.

It's a sin for a writer to go looking for camels to put into his or her pages. I only want details that are the story.

There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey...Love

I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in.

Advent is patience it's how God has made us a people of promise, in a world of impatience.