I won't let you close enough to hurt me.
An insincere critic of a sincere person never wins.
Frequent risk-takers have had their fair shares of failures and successes, hence, being confident in reaching their goals, they will usually seem insensitive to whether or not they look foolish or cool to other people.
For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another.
I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all.
Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.
If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.
I came to the conclusion long ago. . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.
God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality).
I try to give everyone options because no matter what you think you're going to wear, what you actually put on depends totally on how you feel.
The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.