I'm going to love you so good and so long you're gonna be convinced no earthly thing could have brought us together

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

A work is not art until enough noise has been made about it and someone rich comes along and buys it.

One didn't stop to talk with creatures from one's nightmares.

I think that we have to look at ISIS as the leading threat of an international terror network. It cannot be contained, it must be defeated.

Without the English, reason and philosophy would still be in the most despicable infancy in France.

Seeing family is what brings me peace. If I'm not traveling home on my day off, I love going to Central Park to be around trees and throw a Frisbee with my boyfriend.

...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.

The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept a role, and strive to become excellent playing it.

For to be yong I wald not, for my wis, Off all this warld to mak me lord and king: The more of age, the nerar hevynnis blis.

Facts always are sensational.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.