In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was 'Help me.' Sometimes a prayer was 'Thank you.' What I've discovered is that intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through because I know my support, my help, is just a prayer away.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.

A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.

My dad's my best mate, and he always will be.

United we stand, divided we fall.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.

Well begun is half done.

Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Yes, it was love at first sight. I feel that after all these years, I have finally found my soul mate.

The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.