Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

The principle part of faith is patience.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.

I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

A beautiful woman is the best investment in marriage a man can make. And anybody who advises otherwise is talking sheer nonsense.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Gay marriage is absolutely something that I am in full support of and a big advocate of, and I think it's an important issue, but there's a reason that I don't talk about politics and why I'll never be in politics. I am not the person to ever do that.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.

I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.