"True wisdom begins when you realize every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"The paradox of freedom is that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"Fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: I will try once more tomorrow. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"Life is an unwritten ledger; each passing sunrise offers a clean and waiting page. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content."

"If Satan wasn't around, churches would go out of business."

"I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors' appointments or bringing their infants into the office."

"Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind."