Beware of giggle grins; they are highly contagious.
Changing your attitude, your outlook, your mindset, perspective, disposition, or mood – they all mean controlling where you allow your thoughts to linger.
The real me isn’t someone you see but someone you know.
It is a greater triumph for the fearful soul who tries and fails than for the fearless who succeed.
For the real writers, every decision is either write or wrong.
Barking at people earns their respect about as effectively as staring into the sun improves your vision.
Happiness must be a jealous pet. When you try seeking yours out, it tends to keep hidden. But as soon as you turn to help a friend find his, your own happiness comes bounding out of the darkness like some crazed animal.
Integrity is more than truth and honesty; integrity is an unshackled mind, a happy heart, and a light spirit. Integrity is inner peace with a clear, clean conscience. Integrity is self-respect, honor, and credibility. Integrity is healthy and unfettering, and it is worth defending.
The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.
Life is a test. Without problems to solve, it wouldn’t be much of a test.
I write fairy tales to live those moments I know will never be mine in reality.
One of the most troubling facts I have had to accept is that people are not all angel or all devil. They are both good and awful to varying degrees and in varying circumstances. On any given day, dependent upon the situation, you will be confronted by either the devil of a person or the angel of the same person or a curious mix of both. This means you can, and most likely will, love and hate the same individual alternately throughout your life. This truth I find painfully heartbreaking.
Words that should cross your lips with ease: thank you, love you, sorry, please.
Sometimes a problem isn’t really a problem but the solution in disguise.
Courage isn’t being a dragon. Neither is it behaving like a dragon. Nor is it taking up arms to fight and defeat dragons. Courage is being a lamb standing with poise among dragons.
I don’t know how to save the world, though I do know it involves a great deal of love and kindness.
My life is a fairy tale stuck at the climax.
They tell me you’re the best and the worst thing to have happened to me, but I do not see how it can be both. For if my death resulted from your presence, an everlasting sleep would have me dreaming happily of us together. I see no bad in that. Therefore, you must be the best thing to have ever happened to me because you make the worst seem wonderful.
Oh, how terribly backwards, and yet sadly common, it is to sit scowling at family all the day long and then quickly put on a smile for strangers who drop by.
The trait I regard most highly in a man is kindness. Thoughtful, consistent kindness. All other qualities – whether charming, witty, handsome, enterprising, powerful, seductive, or ingenious – wither in comparison to a truly kind man.