Everyone behaves badly--given the chance.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

There are gifts and talents that have not yet been used and power which has not been applied

God's word will produce with your level of understanding. The much you can understand it, the more wisdom you are privileged to have.

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

They tell me Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

The universe is a giant mind. Some people have the ability to tap into that mind, we call them psychic. Others don't, we call them dull ... but they have potential.

It is not the roaring thunder that smites, but the silent lightning.

Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind.

Beware of luxury! Beware of acquiring the taste and need for it, under the pretext of providing for the morrow.

Fill your heart with the creative power to accept the past, decorate the present and transform the future.