"Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity."

"There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes."

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."

"It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between."

"God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it."

"It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself."