You can ask goodness in, show it how much you like it, make room for it. And it says, "Oh, I like this place, I think I'll stay here." Which is why people go into one house and say, "I want to take my shoes off." At another house, no matter how beautiful it is, they might say, "Hmm, I can't stay."

Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.

Be wary when a naked person offers you his shirt

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - can see a possibility of hope.

I am a child of God. I always carry that with me.