Quotations

Norah O’Donnell: On Counting Every Blessing

Whenever I’m feeling stressed, I reflect on the blessings in my life: my family, my health, three loving children. Just pausing to feel gratitude brings so much peace. — Norah O’Donnell, news anchor

You Don’t Have to Be Anything

You don’t have to be anything other than yourself.

Taya Kyle: On God as Your Soft Place

When I find myself filled with anxiety or hurt, I remind myself that God wants me to feel joy. I’ve found that if I let these emotions go and rely on Him for peace, everything’s easier. No matter what, remember God has got you, and with Him, you’re stronger than you think. — Taya Kyle

Snoopy: It’s All Small Stuff

It’s all small stuff at the end of the day!! Live simple, be kind, do for others who aren’t kind. Life is easier when you put others first. — anonymous

Rumi: On a Hundred Silent Ways

I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways. — Rumi, poet Jalaluddin Rumi: On Following Your Heart Rumi: On Patience Rumi: On the Astronomy of the Spirit

Rumi: On Patience

Patience is not sitting and waiting. It is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full. — Rumi, poet Patience is one of the greatest virtues. Step by step, leap by […]

Glenn Beck: On Principles

Help our kids. Start believing again in yourself. Start believing again in God. Start believing again—not in the country, not in the flag, not in our military, not in our banking system—but in our principles. Start believing in American principles again, and God’s principles. They’re interchangeable. — Glenn Beck, radio commentator

Johnny Depp: On Love

There are four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? And what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love. — Johnny Depp, actor

Poetry and Poems

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