I had to trust life and believe that life loved the person who dared to live it.

Listen carefully to what country people call mother wit. In those homely sayings are couched the collective wisdom of generations.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.

Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now.