The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
Prayer feeds the soul - as blood is to the body, prayer is to the soul - and it brings you closer to God.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.
Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.
So laugh, lads, and quaff, lads, twill make you stout and hale; through all my days, I'll sing the praise of brown October ale.
Obviously for water safety, you want to learn just to be comfortable in the water; that's the main goal. I think the second that you start freaking out and feeling uncomfortable, it's not going to go well.
My mom was a sub teacher her whole life. My aunt was a teacher her whole life. So that wasn't hard to do. Performing in front of people started when I was a child. My mom ran a theatre. So we were around it. Getting up in front of people has never been an issue. So I think once you get over that part of it, I'm happy to teach anybody anything.
God didn't give me the ability to play the piano, or paint a picture or have compassion. But. . . he did give me the ability to crack a walnut with my hoo-ha.