“Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.”

“Terry asked for $1 from every Canadian in 1980, so it's fitting that his image now graces the $1 coin.”

“The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.”

“I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.”

“If students have a large enough balance to consolidate now, then they might want to do so. But they do give up their grace period.”

“Kind words, kind looks, kind acts and warm handshakes, these are means of grace when men in trouble are fighting their unseen battles”

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

“Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake”

“I wanted to know that when I let Grace go, I did everything in my power to keep her here.”

Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perserverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?