There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.

What one fool can understand, another can.

I have a hard time figuring out what kind of box to put me in, too, because I don’t know exactly what’s going on around me or why. But I need to stay outside of boxes because then I can look at what’s inside of them without being part of them.

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‚I’m unattractive, I’m slow, I’m not as smart as my brother.‘ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbour. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest – that would be like a blind man willing to see.

I don’t want to hear the word ‚can’t.‘

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

My age is very insignificant to me. I don’t think about it, but the world does. The world likes young people in general.

Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.

You always have to remember that if you say something negative, it’s going to come back to haunt you.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey’s end.

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

I don’t want to get into it, but if you know someone, it doesn’t mean you agree with everything they say or they do.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

I don’t see that my majority opinions are going to be undone.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

You want to do good things, and once you’ve done a couple of good things in a row, you think ‚Well gee, let’s not mess this up.‘ But I am lucky at this point that I have something I really love to do, and it completely holds my attention. I never feel frustrated by it.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.

Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

It is impossible to experience one’s death objectively and still carry a tune.

The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in – in 2007, we just didn’t know it was uncertain. It was – uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn’t know it.

You know, God will give favor to anyone who will believe Him. Every day you should confess that you have favor everywhere you go. God will begin to open doors that you wouldn’t believe.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

Many people find the universe confusing – it’s not.

We work to become, not to acquire.

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

I have discovered that just because we grow weaker physically as we age, it doesn’t mean that we must grow weaker spiritually.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

There is no such things as ‚best‘ in the world of individuals.

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.

One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.