This is the trouble with origin hunting. There are so many origins.

My mother took the measure of what could be built with the material she'd been given, and she built it.

If you're afraid of heights, lean over a railing. If you're afraid of germs, lick a floor. But what do you do if your greatest fear is of being afraid?

I felt so skinless at times! Things hit me so hard!

Achieving success is a challenge but so is struggling so you may as well choose success.

Harsh reality is always better than false hope.

Life as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to God of how we have lived.

The craving for a delicate fruit is pleasanter than the fruit itself.

There's this idea that there was a point in our childhood when we were in some way better than we are now and we should try to hang on to that.

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

Only a mother knows a mother's fondness.

Anybody who is rude to anyone in the service industry is automatically out.

There's a fine line between what would characterize you as a troglodyte and what would characterize you as a brilliant, avant-garde, forward-thinking genius. There's some middle ground.

I should sell my tongue and buy a thousand ears when that One steps near and begins to speak.