We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.