I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

The way we as a world consume stories - and sometimes people - is a phenomenon that we're seeing much more of now.

Hate is holding back humanity from its full potential.

Don't show your flaws.

I think most women we go through a stage in relationship, this is men and women where I'm trusting you, but now I got to test it, I have to make sure your the real deal.

The way we spend our time defines who we are.

Pray to Saint Philomena, What ever you ask from her, She will obtain for you.

It was the first time I'd ever said the words to another person, and the sound of them broke open my heart.

My challenges have not been around music. My hardest thing in music was just sitting down and teaching myself how to play and believing in myself.