Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself.

Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.

Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things-the mere termites of life-to ruin your happiness.

Life is very sweet to me, and there is no position of power or wealth that could tempt me from the throne God has given me.

I think that once you've had a few No. 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself, and I don't feel the need to prove anything anymore.

Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy--one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment only a link between past and future pleasure but turn out to have been the pleasure itself.

Buying something ultimately comes down to feeling good about the purchase.

Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing.

The air was soft, as it often was in this lovely month, and Eddie inhaled its sweetness. He found himself uplifted as he worked, caught up in something outside himself and his petty wants and needs. The clouds drifted like ice in a tumbler. Through his lens the river seemed made of light, there was the shimmer, and for a moment the world seemed whole to him.

It is foolish to cry over things you cannot change