"When we run these big trade deficits and send our jobs offshore, we hold our wages down and our income down. That feeds right back into the biggest part of this whole equation, consumption. This drags GDP down as well."

“As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.”

“God is coming! God is coming! All the element we swim in, this existence, echoes ahead the advent. God is coming! Can't you feel it?”

Source : Walter Wangerin (1989). “The manger is empty: stories in time”, Harpercollins

“Overnight success just doesn't happen. You've got to put your time in ... you're up and down, all of a sudden, it just clicks. And I think that's what's happened to me since I got to Montreal. And I'm proud of the things we've been able to accomplish ... we've all made each other great.”

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“You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.”

“No more prizes for predicting the rain, only prizes for building the arks”

“Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.”

Source : Gary Smalley, John T. Trent (1995). “Leaving the Light On: Building the Memories That Will Draw Kids Home”, Multnomah

“My prayer is to learn new things, imbibe fresh insights. You must not take life too seriously. You must enjoy the process of living.”

“Anyone who has ever made a resolution discovers that the strength of that determination fades in time. The moment you feel that is when you should make a fresh determination. Tell yourself, “OK! I will start again from now!” If you fall down seven times, get up an eighth. Don’t give up when you feel discouraged-jus t pick yourself up and renew your determination each time.”