Knowing trees, I came to realize, understand and appreciate the act of patience.

Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.

To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy.

Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter.

The face of a truly happy man seldom lacks smiles.

Always be happy, you never know how happy you can make another by just being happy.

Happiness springs up from within. Do not seek it without.

It is better to hope less than to be hopeless.

Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries?

If your failure is not a lesson, it's indeed a failure.

The greatest reward for a man's failure is not necessarily the consequent success, but what he becomes by it.

Be around people that make you want to be a better person, who make you feel good, make you laugh, and remind you what's important in life.

The essence if hope is accepting uncertainty.

When we're not following God's will, our sacrifices aren't acceptable to Him. What God wants most is for us to be broken before Him, walk with Him, know Him, and obey Him.

Life does not require you to sacrifice or compromise your joy to get what you want. Joy is what you want, so when you choose in harmony with it, you are fulfilling your purpose in living.

After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our country - but not with blanks.

That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough to allow us to choose what matters to us.

I owe everything to this football. But I'm proud of what I've made of the opportunity to become a trainer.

I love being completely immersed in everything I do.

I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves.

Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.