If you have a dream , don't waste your energies explaining why.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly

Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect".

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.

The word of God is a light that penetrates the human spirit.

Luck is what happens, when preparation meets opportunity

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

Your harvest is not in view until your prayers rise up to heaven.

I grew up knowing [Jack Johnson], surfing with him.

The wit of men compared to that of women is like rouge compared to the rose.

I don't want people running around saying Gwen Brooks's work is intellectual. That makes people think instantly about obscurity. It shouldn't have to mean that, but it often seems to.

It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless.

I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I was urged to buy one.

May the Lord array thee in the garment of salvation and surround thee with the cloak of happiness.