Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

We think too much and feel too little.

When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.

Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody.

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.