"Ask often, be content of little, reward always."

“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”

Source : "Fictional character: Don Birnam". "The Lost Weekend", www.imdb.com. October 5, 1945.

“Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.”

“Few people will appreciate the music if I just show them the notes. Most of us need to [hear it].”

“Sierra felt full of hope and confidence in God. She knew who she was. And she knew Whose she was. Whatever mysterious plan God had for her life, it would be an interesting one. As Christy had said earlier, God writes a different story for each person. Sierra decided hers might not be a bestseller or even a thriller. It certainly wasn't a romance. But it was turning into a fine mystery. And she could live with that.”

Source : Robin Jones Gunn (1997). “With this Ring”, Focus on the Family Pub

“You have a responsibility to act for others when you're the only person in a position to do so. It's how you handle it that separates the great from the mediocre.”

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”

Source : "The Imitation of Christ. Book I, ch. 16". Book by Thomas a Kempis, 1418.

“If anyone has the opportunity to work with that woman, jump at it. She is the most generous, most giving director I have ever worked with in my entire life. She is classy. She speaks a dozen difference languages.”

“I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am.”