93 quotes found
Author · American
American author
“The study showed that chronic loneliness impacts out bodies as negatively as smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. Not the same way, of course, just the life risk part. And there's more bad news. ...”
“What a difference having a friend makes.”
“The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain. Some people go to such lengths to avoid pain that they give up on life. They bury ...”
“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood”
“fear doesn't listen to reason it takes it own counsel”
“Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.”
“Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it.”
“Truth is patient. It can afford to be for eventually it will have its way.”
“You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure-or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remem...”
“I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure.”
“Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.”
“My Dear Son,I am so very proud of you. Now, as you embark on a new journey, I'd like to share this one piece of advice. Always, always remember that - adversity is not a detour. It is part of the p...”
“There's no hurt so great that love can't heal it.”
“We love those whom we serve (p. 26)”
“The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but its echo endures much longer.”
“Only those who never step, never stumble.”
“For most of my life I have thought of grace as a hope of a bright tomorrow in spite of the darkness of today--and this is true. In this way we are all like Pamela, walking a road to grace--hoping f...”
“Fate is an excuse for people who are too stupid or too weak to make their own future," he said.”
“Fate does not bend for us-we must bend to it.”
“Why is it that good always has to fight an uphill battle?"I thought for a moment, then said, "I don't know. Maybe that's the point. Good things are higher up.”
