Set the standards for what you expect of people and the correct ones will join your cause.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

Fear is a kind of bell or gong which rings the mind into quick life and avoidance upon the approach of danger. It is the soul's signal for rallying.

Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.

I believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I... don't.

It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.

I live a bit outside of Stockholm and I almost never go into town. I can live anywhere, I think.

Far more than any other power, imagination is what sets human beings apart from every other species on earth.

The nearest friends can go With anyone to death, comes so far short They might as well not try to go at all.

41, you look great. Love what you're doing.