Of course we need to accept ourselves as we are, but we can't stop there. We also need to value ourselves enough make needed changes.

Not everybody can identify a purpose in life. But when you do, and when you pursue it, you will be living the kind of life you feel you were meant to live. And what's more, you will be happy.

But I give best when I give from that deeper place; when I give simply, freely and generously, and sometimes for no particular reason. I give best when I give from my heart.

Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish much. In any relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.

Learn - improve - grow - live. Learn as if you might live forever and you'll live as if you might die tomorrow.

It's true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It's a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it right now.

It's good to remember that success may be just beyond the next failure, and you'll get there, not because you're destined to, but because you're determined to.

Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you'll know what it means to live.

Find 100 reasons to laugh. You are bound to feel better, you will cope with problems more effectively and people will enjoy being around you. Besides unhappiness, what do you have to lose?

We don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Only notes that are different can harmonize. The same is true with people.

We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don't have to stay down.

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar a custom which is still continued.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

Democrats - always standing up for what they later realize they should have believed in.

The time is fast coming when politicians will cease to fear the religion of humanity and humanitarians will find entrance into political life indispensable for full service.

I always got very excited about the Masters as a kid. I could hardly wait until the Wednesday when you'd get the BBC's preview. And I'd then be glued to the screen until Sunday night.

There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist.

He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.

...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs

The past is your LESSON. The present is your GIFT. The future is your MOTIVATION.