There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save

The sea is nothing but a library of all the tears in history.

To: Anna Oliphant From: Étienne St. Clair Subject: So . . . Does that mean I can call you now?

I was a little too young to be a hippie.

Money is a living thing.

She supposed that all those years of loving a person who was dishonest had taught her a few things.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

I started doing roles and working with people that I really respected and became passionate about the art form of acting. And I'm still trying to figure it out. Still learning.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

I only have the restaurant. If I do other things, it's only to do with the restaurant.

I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model.