Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children, and friends.

Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff.

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right everytime.

...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to be serious and uptight. To let go is to lighten up.

Children listen best with their eyes. What you do is what they hear.

Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success.

Ironically, when you surrender your need to hog the glory, the attention you used to need from other people is replaced by a quiet inner confidence that is derived from letting others have it.

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even escape. So, enough about the virtues of reading. Time to read on.

we need to break the habit of overreacting because of our speedy assumption and judgments

Despite progress witnessed elsewhere in the matters of heart, parents in this part of the world hadn’t quite come around to letting their adult offspring choose their lovers.

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death

People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

Liberals will only support you after you're gone.

Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than a shovel.

Optimism is a psychological disorder exhibited by those out of touch with reality

A truly successful army is one that, because of its strength and ability and dedication, will not be called upon to fight, for no one will dare to provoke it.

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.