I wake up in the morning and I see that flower, with the dew on its petals, and at the way it's folding out, and it makes me happy, she said. It's important to focus on the things in the here and now, I think. In a month, the flower will be shriveled and you will miss its beauty if you don't make the effort to do it now. Your life, eventually, is the same way.

Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow.

Emily Miller

God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And his children shall be filled if they will only hunger and thirst after what he offers.

Richard Holloway

Never before had I known the sudden quiver of understanding that travels from word to brain to heart, the way a new language can move, coil, swim into life under the eyes, the almost savage leap of comprehension, the instantaneous, joyful release of meaning, the way the words shed their printed bodies in a flash of heat and light.

Elizabeth Kostova

It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.

Thich Nhat Hanh

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

David Herbert Lawrence

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes.

Hannah Arendt

While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan.

John Linder

It feels great to win and I can't be more thankful to the Lord for walking me through every step. God was and is so faithful every time.

Webb Simpson

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.

William Knudsen

We read advertisements to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready -- even eager -- to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

Jack Nicholson