It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.
Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?
I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.
Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity. Remember it’s the you inside that counts.
I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts – spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back – length of life.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
I’ve had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.
I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often, but I’m well preserved.
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
I don’t think you’re much good, unless you’re doing good to someone.
I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.