Thus violent deeds live after men upon the earth, and traces of war and bloodshed will survive in mournful shapes long after those who worked the desolation are but atoms of earth themselves.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

Creating art or something beautiful makes you a more fulfilled person than they can ever be because they're caught up in what they hate rather than what they love.

In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.

People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite.

I knew the profanity used up and down my street would not go over the air... So I trained myself to say 'Holy Cow' instead.

It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.

Try saying hello to someone who wouldn't expect you to - today would be good.

But oh, she dances in such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight.

To reach our full potential we must first clear the mind and be present in the flow of life current.

Washington is a city of money. It's a flood of money.