I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.

WE met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 221B, [5] Baker Street, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows. So desirable in every way were the apartments, and so moderate did the terms seem when divided between us, that the bargain was concluded upon the spot, and we at once entered into possession.

But this was that view of human destiny which she had most passionately hated and rejected: the view that man was ever to be drawn by some vision of the unattainable shining ahead, doomed ever to aspire, but not to achieve. Her life and her values could not bring her to that, she thought; she had never found beauty in longing for the impossible and had never found the possible to be beyond her reach.

The world you desire can be won. It exists...it is real...it is possible...it's yours.

whose steps were a restless substitute for flight.

If I had one wish, it would be for self-drying pants. Wait -- no! Unlimited wishes! How do I return these stupid pants?!

there are lots of things you want to do before your life is over.

Good-hearted laughter is a tribute to the happy God, who created laughter and delights to enter into it with us.

No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars.

Life sneaks up on us every once in a while and gives us something we didn't ever know we wanted, and lights within us a love we didn't even know existed.