A man should never neglect his family for business.
Walt DisneyMy grandpa was a preacher.
Dolly PartonThere’s a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It’s deceptive because when you have pride, you’re usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn’t sell well.
Joyce MeyerIf someone is right for you, you’ll know it.
RihannaAll the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad’s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.
Lady GagaA contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
Joseph AddisonLove and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
Dalai LamaI’ve never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I’ve only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.
Taylor SwiftGlory be and praise to God. I didn’t do any of this. God did. I don’t have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.
Kevin GatesMarriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.
Marilyn MonroeI always kind of see how I want things to be better, and I’m generally not happy with how things are or the level of service that we’re providing for people or the quality of the teams that we built. But if you look at this objectively, we’re doing so well on so many of these things. I think it’s important to have gratitude for that.
Mark ZuckerbergI’m screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I’m funnier than a lot of people, I think, and that’s appreciated by young people.
Kurt VonnegutNext to excellence is the appreciation of it.
William Makepeace ThackerayThe only big things I’ve purchased are my dad’s heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.
Lady GagaI want to marry Arline because I love her – which means I want to take care of her. That is all there is to it. I want to take care of her. I am anxious for the responsibilities and uncertainties of taking care of the girl I love.
Richard P. FeynmanAn early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Henry David ThoreauI grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It’s what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink.
Dwayne JohnsonO love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.
Jean-Jacques RousseauIt’s true; once you are a father, there’s no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.I was always very curious as a young man about why older writers who I met seemed so indifferent to what was going on, whereas I, in my 20s, was reading everything. Everything seemed important. But they were only interested in the writers they admired when they were young, and I didn’t understand it then, but now, now I understand it.
Paul AusterWe should not look down on our first ancestors.
Alice WalkerNo matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to do – eat, laugh, trade presents and just enjoy each other… and sometimes I even dress up like Santa Claus!
Dolly PartonJump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.
Coco ChanelSuccess is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert SchweitzerMarriage is the death of hope.
Woody AllenDo you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who’ll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you’re in the wrong house, that’s what it means.
Henny YoungmanThe best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
Francis BaconFor what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.
George EliotAs I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.
Billy GrahamA daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow’s supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.
Charles SpurgeonInstead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
Helen KellerThe best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it’s just the thing that every man wants – to have a son and heir.
George BestI don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. TolkienYou have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.
Karl LagerfeldIt is impossible to love and to be wise.
Francis BaconMy grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another.
Charles SpurgeonThere is no remedy for love but to love more.
Henry David ThoreauHe knows my limitations and where I’m a good wife and a good mom.
Angelina JolieA person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: ‚Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?‘ We must always consider the person.
Pope FrancisMy mother, I suppose, is still a main figure in my life because her life was so sad and unfair, and she so brave, but also because she was determined to make me into the Sunday-school-recitation little girl I was, from the age of seven or so, fighting not to be.
Alice MunroI think everyone should be with who they love.
Dolly PartonThe people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison.
Virat KohliI believe with all my heart that America remains ‚the great idea‘ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerI know that I came into the world with what I call ‚big dharma‘ – with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.
Wayne DyerYou are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
Wayne DyerWe are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.
Charles SpurgeonI’ve been very lucky. I come from a very close family.
Richard BransonMy whole life and my whole career, even through my music, I tell people: let’s unify; let’s show more love.
DJ Khaled‚Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
William Makepeace ThackerayI think ‚The Color Purple‘ is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.
Alice WalkerFor me, often, there’s such a cloud of melancholia about knowing I’m going to have to leave my daughter on her own. I don’t know what age that is going to be, thank God. It just doubles me up in grief.
David BowieIf you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England – you couldn’t have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.
Maya AngelouI’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.
John LennonWe loved with a love that was more than love.
Edgar Allan PoeEvery heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
PlatoMy ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.
Denzel WashingtonWe are not actually equal – humanity – if we are not allowed to freely love one another.
Lady GagaThe heart is forever inexperienced.
Henry David ThoreauLook folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It’s you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.
Joe BidenLove begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.
Mother Teresa