About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don't find very often, then that is what love is all about.
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.
The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.
You cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours.
The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.
God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.
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