To expect life to be tailored to our specifications is to invite frustration.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

It is gracious to overlook and offence.

The shape of your life depends upon whether you choose to be the sculptor or the clay.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

I'm trying to put together quality at-bats and hit the ball hard somewhere.

Every moment brings us some benediction. Even the rough hand of trial holds in its clasp for us some treasure of love.

Right now, Im very healthy. I have no vices left. Except sugary breakfast cereal. And absinthe, of course.

Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.

Your generosity is more important than your perfection.