It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Basically my wife was immature. I’d be at home in the bath and she’d come in and sink my boats.

My mother was and will always remain my greatest hero.

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you’re a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.

Everyone has been in love, at some point or another.

However weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart; nor shall we lose our share in Jesus‘ love.

We’re not trying to make you less of a man. We just want you to love us as deeply and as wholesomely and as fully as we love you.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

My wife thinks she’s better than me at puzzles. I haven’t given in on that one yet.

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

Who, being loved, is poor?

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

The degree of one’s emotions varies inversely with one’s knowledge of the facts.

It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.

I’ve had moments when I’ve thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think that maybe there’s some vibration, some connection.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

Once you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you’re doomed; you’re finished.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

I love Manchester. Everyone knows that – I have said it many times. Manchester is in my heart.

Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground – as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

I think everyone should be with who they love.

What women need to understand is that men don’t communicate. It’s not intentional or on purpose. We’re just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves.

I love the sea.

The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.

Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.

No one can live without relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi, wander off into the desert by yourself, but you are related. You cannot escape from that absolute fact. You cannot exist in isolation.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they’re going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

You are Mrs. Reagan because Mr. Reagan loves you with all his heart.

A lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: ‚You’re not making me happy, you’re not doing this, you’re not doing that.‘

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

When we’re falling in love or out of it, that’s when we most need a song that says how we feel. Yeah, I write a lot of songs about boys. And I’m very happy to do that.

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I’m upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.

Sometimes, you might meet somebody that you love that’s turning into a ‚they.‘ My key is invite them to Miami and take them to the ocean and let them jump off the boat in the ocean, on the sand bar, and cleanse off and pray and then go take a shower, and hopefully the ‚they‘ is out of you.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn’t they’d be married too.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That’s where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It’s having backbone.

Oh, my mama was awesome. Very strict, overreligious, loved the Lord, loved rules. But she had to be that way because of where we were growing up, the neighborhood I was from.

I don’t know what’s better gettin‘ laid or gettin‘ paid.

Within one’s own family, money is not the measure of things, unless the person is an absolute Scrooge. Only the most extreme kind of monster would put a price on everything.

A family looks for ways to support and inspire one another.

If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.