The good nail will do its job regardless what kind of hammer comes its way and what kind of surface it sits on.

Success is not an accident. It is sheer hard work. There is no short-cuts. You have to take the stairs and you have to start from the bottom.

One of the greatest things you can do to help others is not just to share and give what you have, but to help them discover what they have within themselves to help themselves.

Love cannot be measured over time and space. It is not how long you know each other, it is how well you know each other.

The presence of many does not and cannot replace the absence of one. That is love.

Don't be afraid to show your feelings. Wear your heart on your sleeves. The right one will see

A woman should not hold on to her man so tight, afraid to let him out of sight. A woman should give her man his space but hold on to his heart

You can love many people. But the truth is you can only be IN LOVE with just ONE.

There will always be real friends and fake friends. It is difficult to distinguish the two because both will appear the same in the beginning but so different at the end.

When you do things for others; don't expect your good deeds to be returned. Do it because you enjoy making someone's day.

Don't ever let anyone turn your sky into a ceiling.

I know about dance, like the creationist knows about science, and typically treat it with a similar contempt

Brave old world.

Will I ever see the mountains or am I doomed to roam the flatlands?

In a marshland amongst the crocodiles, there float beautiful water lilies! Even in the Hell, one can find the good and the beauty.

You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.

Wake up in the morning with a specific goal to look forward to.

My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.

I think most Americans are ready for waging peace and not just brutalizing our foreign policy which is boomeranging against us.

Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. Its how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.

Pride of gifts robs us of God's blessing in the use of them.