“You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.”

Whatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.

I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds.

The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.

Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.

Gratitude is a sign of maturity, Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That’s much better than watching television, much better. They won’t get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.

In all this world there is no substitute for personal integrity. It includes honor. It includes performance. It includes keeping one’s word. It includes doing what is right regardless of the circumstances

If you go to bed at 10:00 and get up by 6:00 A.M., things will work out for you.

You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. It’s your choice

Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.

I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something of the divine nature?

I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.

Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall.

Life is to be enjoyed, not endured.

My main focus when I do my makeup is my eyes – I accentuate my eyes, and they look bigger. More ‘va va voom,’ I guess you can say.

I became an actor so I can show you characters and never have to show you me.

Your hair looks like a haystack but I like it.

I do not tweeze my eyebrows. I’ve been letting them grow out for years. I try to fill them in wherever nature has abandoned me.

I’m not frightened of appearing vulnerable.

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.

And sometimes love looks like choosing.