Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.

I don't want to be alone," she whispered. "You won't be, through any of this." "It feels very alone. Death is like a cloud coming near that shadows and blocks the color from life." "I'll be here, Rae. Whatever you need. And God promised He would never leave you. He meant it. For the rest of eternity you will never be alone.

God's grip never slips.

Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.

Loneliness is a required course for leadership.

Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.

Whatever you are holding onto in this life, hold it loosely so it won't hurt when the Lord has to pry your fingers open to take it away.

I really am pretty happy with what God gave me.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.