The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated.

If I hadn't worked up the courage to talk to Christy, she most likely would have been a pretty face that disappeared back into the crowd.

The dimension of our influence on earth depends on the dimensions of how big we are before God

Her blue eyes sought the west afar For lovers love the western star.

Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.

Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved.

Good roles are hard to come by, and whether they're a few lines or a lead, you snap 'em up when they come along

I'm not very good at the accordion. If I played guitar, I wouldn't be on anyone's album. But because I play the accordion and no one else does, I end up doing strange things.

People around you should really have nothin' to say. Me, I'm just proud of the fact that you've done it your way.

He was feeling totally lost, leaving his family and country for a place where he knew nobody and didn't even speak the language.

Only those willing to do what the very few do will get the rewards that the very few get.