No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader

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.

Oh, so seldom does fate cast our enemy into our hands, to do with as we will

My father used to say that stupid people think. (I really don't agree with him!)

Thoughts become things through action. The most powerful tool for creating changes in your life is attention and action. No action means no creation.

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.

It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill.

The presence of hope in the invincible sovereignty of God drives out fear.

Death was a big part of my life growing up. I went to lots of funerals.

My progress reminded me of the horses in The Whip. They raced at the limit of their speed directly toward the audience. But they raced on a treadmill which canceled out their progress.

The only trouble with the movement for the preservation of our forests is that it has not gone nearly far enough, and was not begun soon enough.