Some books mirror reality while others are entirely fantasy. My favorite are those that manage to weave a world with both.

The actual secret to success: Be a better friend today than you were yesterday.

The most irresistible beauty is the radiant glow from a kind and gentle heart.

Having this, we want that.Owning some, we want more.Standing here, we wish to be there.If it’s impossible, we struggle to make it happen.Why are we like this? Why not be content with some, here, and...

People are drawn to you because you make them feel happy; I understand that. But wouldn’t it be nice to have people flock to you wishing for your happiness?

Kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning.

Rare and precious moments, how I long to live with you eternally! If only your sweetness never ceased to touch my lips, and the flutters you evoke nevermore faded away. I dream of your arm...

Hay, por mucho, demasiadas víctimas silentes. No porque no anhelen hacer contacto, sino porque lo han intentado y no han encontrado alguien a quien le importe.

Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom.

If only you would kiss me.Press your lips to mine like a searing iron. Wrap me in your arms as if you were a monarch claiming a kingdom. Hold me close until I warm through...

There are in this world ample reasons to be sad and disheartened, discouraged and fearful. But there are as many reasons not to be.

A man once believed he could fly—and he did. Another believed he could walk on the moon—and he did. Why not believe your wildest dreams can come true? Why not see the stars as reachable?

This day is the most recent set of events to define you. Every day changes your life. Every last one.

Laughter and love are their own forms of exercise meant to keep a body healthy.

Today is a BRAND NEW day—a perfectly good reason to get up and start over. Never give up.

You cannot fully understand a person’s need until you have endured the same need. As hard as you may try to predict and comprehend their situation and suffering, I guarantee you’ll fall short until you’ve...

‘I’m sorry’ won’t fix what’s been broken. It can’t reverse time or undo the damage or change anything that happened. But a sincere, humble apology can serve to soften the sting and sometimes do a...

A first impression works like a magic mirror; it reflects what intrigues us rather than echoing a truthful picture. A first impression is the creating of an imagined character, born from personal desires, perceptions, and...

Who cares who’s right or wrong when the last word is a kind apology?

Achievers are those who have redefined impossible, changing what can’t be done into a work in progress.

From good examples we learn how to be. From bad examples we learn how not to be. An observant and willing student can learn from any circumstance.

Your weaknesses may not seem overwhelming, but they will create the biggest problems you face.

Don’t ever quit pretending.

Sometimes giving up feels like the easiest thing to do. But then the easiest thing has never produced more than a garden full of weeds.

Often we withhold our affections, waiting first for love to be extended to us. The irony is that we are loved for loving.

It’s a phenomenal experience jumping from the devious mind of a sorceress bent on conquering the world to the compassionate musing of a queen capable of healing life with a touch—all in a flicker of...

The most common lie uttered without thought, sincerity, resolve, or guilt: I love you.

The Earth provides us a brand new beginning every twenty-four hours. It is a repeated invitation to breathe in the cool morning air and start afresh; to mimic the sunrise and brighten up while reaching...

Do we ignore the needyto spite the greedy?Or share and defenddespite those who pretend?

Friendship is not about ships—no matter how big and fancy and expensive the yacht is.

Always be good, but be wickedly beautiful.

Kindness is still the best antidote.

One of the most critical decisions made in life is choosing with whom to spend your time. For it is those close relationships that gradually mold our character until we become a reflection of the...

I can and will improve the world.I will smile, show kindness, and be grateful.I refuse to be unhappy.

Believing in yourself means more than simply believing in your own ultimate success; it means believing you will survive failures, disappointments, rejections, and criticism but still persist.

The truth is that few know the truth.

Your tongue tends to say more about you when it blabs about other people.

Do the small stuff. A consistent little will earn you a lot.

There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.

If you love something, you find a way to have it in your life. Opposers may take away your means and tools, but you simply turn to crude replacements, fashioning them from scraps if necessary....

For things I am not thankful for―experiences I would never volunteer to relive―I recognize how they have changed me. My depth of compassion and humility, the sincerity of my empathy and understanding, and the duration...

I love you because you loved me first. Yet you love me, saying I loved you first. Funny, our love thrives believing the other person started it.

The key to success―keep swimming. Even when they tap you on the shoulder to say the pool has been drained, just keep swimming.

The sweetest melody that playsOn starry nights and wintry days,Most soothing to my listening earsAnd calming to beleaguering fears,I call a symphony on air―The song of sweet, still silence rare.

Never believe you’re so great or important, so right or proud, that you cannot kneel at the feet of someone you hurt and offer a humble, sincere apology.

Mothers were meant to love us unconditionally, to understand our moments of stupidity, to reprimand us for lame excuses while yet acknowledging our point of view, to weep over our pain and failures as well...

It is to our own detriment that we underestimate the might of small and simple things.

It’s mind-boggling how many different worlds people live in on this one planet.

You can capture this body of mine, take away my freedom and enslave me. You may even have the power to capture my soul and sentence me to the realm of eternal darkness. But my...

I learn by doing….the same thing over and over and over again countless times.