There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.

The key to enjoying the moment is to always carry a list of "Things I Gotta Do That Can Wait."

Some have been to the mountain. I have been to my knees by the side of my bed.

God answers first the prayers we should have prayed.

Satan will do everything he can to discourage you from expressing gratitude and praise. Frankly, he wants you to be a grumbler. Why? Because grumbling is an expression of unbelief and ingratitude (two big ways to short-circuit God's power in your life). Praise, on the other hand, is an expression of faith and gratitude. Yes

Then you have to remember to be thankful; but in May one simply can't help being thankful . . . that they are alive, if for nothing else. I feel exactly as Eve must have felt in the garden of Eden before the trouble began.

And it seemed to me, too, that I've always been afraid when I was in the company of people…afraid of saying something stupid…afraid of being laughed at.

If only she were a boy, speeding in khaki by Carol's side to the western front! She had wished that in a burst of romance when Jem had gone, without perhaps, meaning it. She meant it now. There were moments when waiting at home, in safety and comfort, seemed an unendurable thing.

Folks say I've never been quite right since - but they only say that because I'm a poet, and because nothing ever worries me. Poets are so rare in Blair Water folks don't understand them, and most people worry so much, they think you're not right if you don't worry.

Saying one's prayers isn't exactly the same thing as praying.

Well now, I dunno

You couldn't really expect a person to pray very well the first time she tried, could you?