Those who avoid the tough choices of life, live a life they never chose.
Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.
Where hope would otherwise become hopelessness, it becomes faith.
We are Godseekers all, though some be churchgoing believers and others pilgrims to an unknown shrine.
Charisma is not so much getting people to like you as getting people to like themselves when you're around.
Some forgive and forget, more forgive and remember, most forgive and remind.
If you ruled out partial successes, there would be no progress at all.
What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.
It's hard, sometimes, when nothing's stopping you, to know what's stopping you.
A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.
Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them.
Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit.
Eventually you realize that your whole life up to now has been preparation, and you begin to suspect that the rest might be preparation, too.
If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines.
The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher.
If indeed the death of a child is part of a larger plan, you wonder if God ever considered a smaller plan.
I hope some day to meet God, because I want to thank Him for the flowers.
One of life's regrets is that you didn't always tell the truth, and now it's too late, because the truth has changed.
Sign over the gates of hell: "Doesn't mean you're a bad person."
Alexandros of Antioch took a block of marble and chiseled away from it everything that was not his masterpiece, the Venus de Milo. If you will chisel away one fault from your character every day, you may discover - a) that you're actually a statue of Margaret Thatcher. b) that you're still just a block of marble. c) that there are pigeon droppings on your shoes. d) that you, too, are a hidden masterpiece.
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate.
My eyesight's gone, my reflexes are shot, and I can't stay awake, but thank God I can still drive.
Every great artist raises art to a science, and every great scientist raises science to an art, hence we have Michelangelo's David and Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.
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