Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

A life without suffering is a life without happiness. read more

• Thought Life Without Suffering Happiness

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. read more

• Thought Failure Our Teacher Undertaker Delay Defeat Temporary Detour Dead End Something Avoid by Saying Nothing Doing

Courage is a vitamin best swallowed with whiskey. read more

• Thought Courage Vitamin Best Swallowed Whiskey

When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." read more

• Thought World Says Give Up Hope Whispers Try More Time

The best person to talk to about the problems in your relationship is the person you"re in a relationship with. read more

• Thought Best Person Talk About Problems Relationship

I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us. read more

• Thought Love These Little People Slight Thing They Fresh from God Us

Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible. read more

• Thought Do Good Little Fuss About Possible

Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart. read more

• Thought Close Lips Those Whom Opened Heart

A loving heart is the truest wisdom. read more

• Thought Loving Heart Truest Wisdom

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape. read more

• Thought Suffering Been Stronger Teaching Taught Understand What Heart Used Bent Broken Hope Better Shape