“Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words.”
“Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful.”
“Put even the plainest woman into a beautiful dress and unconsciously she will try to live up to it.”
“It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t. It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.”
“Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.”
“Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.”
“Funny business, a woman’s career: the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you’ll need them …
“To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.”
“Don’t reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can’t have two sets of manners, two social codes – one for those you admire and …
“Let a good man do good deeds with the same zeal that the evil man does bad ones.”
“The older I get, the more I feel / almost beautiful…”
“Wear the old coat and buy the new book.”
“Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.”
“Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.”
“Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.”
“With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.”
“The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.”
“This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the …
“We begin to see that the completion of an important project has every right to be dignified by a natural grieving process. Something that required …
“A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.”
“The way we distinguish ourselves is by showing our individuality.”
“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.”
“The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.”
“It’s always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.”
“Whenever I hear, ‘It can’t be done,’ I know I’m close to success.”
“Exercise alone provides psychological and physical benefits. However, if you also adopt a strategy that engages your mind while you exercise, you can get a …
“Trouble is part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you …
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. …
“Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in …
“Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.”
“Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It’s just not done.”
“If I’ve learned one thing in the 14 years I’ve been a full-time cartoonist, it’s that you can not let anyone else define your professionalism. …
“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.”
“Be bold and mighty powers will come to your aid.”
“The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.”
“Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.”
“The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.”
“Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will …
“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.”