It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards or holiday cards including my atheist and secular friends.

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs rising or falling grasping at kisses and toys advancing boldly sudden to take alarm retreating to the corner of arm and knee eager to be reassured taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes ' he said his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. 'Shake it off. Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.

Young poets bewail the passing of love old poets the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle that's the time to do something about it not when it's around your neck.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

Every one of our greatest national treasures our liberty enterprise vitality wealth military power global authority flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.

Success is not in never failing but rising everytime you fall!

The essential support and encouragement comes from within arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.