Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down if it were not.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Discipline with balance conquers the world.

If you are to love mankind, you must not expect too much from it.

I like to do things sort of intuitively, I think.

For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.

Everything we now enjoy has been provided through the kindness of other beings, past or present.

I was free. Every day, when you're on the run, is the whole of your life. Every free minute is a short story with a happy ending.

Oklahoma is the cultural center of the universe.

I am inspired by the lives of good and faithful women. From the beginning of time, the Lord has placed significant trust in them.

People aren't wired to be alone. Even in the stressful population of prison, solitary confinement is still considered a cruel punishment.

All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.