GOD made a wonderful mother, A mother who never grows old;He made her smile of the sunshine,And He molded her heart of pure gold;In her eyes He placed bright shining stars,In her cheeks, fair roses you see;God made a wonderful mother,And He gave that dear mother to me.

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

Eileen Caddy

I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.

Vera Wang

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

John Hawkes

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

Jimmy Carter

Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.

Samuel Lover

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

Stephen Gardiner

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Phillips Brooks

I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.

Michelangelo

The great wars of the present age are the effects of the study of history.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.

James Thurber

Wealth is so much the greatest good that Fortune has to bestow that in the Latin and English languages it has usurped her name.

Lord Melbourne

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

Don Marquis