93 quotes found
Author · American
American author
“Helping others carries its own rewards, the first of which is a return to humanity.”
“I am not a believer in love at first sight. For love, in its truest form, is not the thingof starry-eyed or star-crossed lovers, it is far more organic, requiring nurturing and timeto fully bloom, ...”
“I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are.”
“Believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from which it shines. Believe you have been sent from God as an arrow shot from His own bow. It is the single universal trait that the great of this ea...”
“There's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone. And i...”
“It's been said that parents should give their children roots and wings. That was a perfect description of my parents. Even in a wheelchair, my father was a dreamer with his head in the clouds and m...”
“I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not.”
“So I've been thinking. Do you believe there's a hell?""Sure. Doesn't everybody?""Well, what if this is hell, but we just don't know it?""That's crazy. Hell is like lakes of fire, and there are devi...”
“There's no hurt so great that love can't heal it.”
“. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character ...”
“Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.”
“A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma... It's about integrity”
“I have found that the most significant experiences of our lives rarely come when we're expecting them and oftentimes when we're not even paying attention.”
