As is a tale so is life: not how long it is but how good it is is what matters.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards but of playing a poor hand well.

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get I'll never be as good as a wall.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness you have good manners no matter what fork you use.

Don't follow any advice no matter how good until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant but basically if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

I believe that the people instead of pretty lies should be told the truth no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do destiny hasn't been kind to us but with the help of God we will prevail.

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him they all fled my mind and it didn't seem to matter.

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone play a slide trombone plant a small tree good God now you're free.

If you tell God no because He won't explain the reason He wants you to do something you are actually hindering His blessing. But when you say yes to Him all of heaven opens to pour out His goodness and reward your obedience. What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit.