One of the most difficult things in life for any individual or business is to accept and adopt change.

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.

Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.

Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.

If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.

There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.

his shirt had more wrinkles than a smoker's lips

There are strings in the human heart which must never be sounded by another, and drinks that I make myself are those strings in mine.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing.

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive.

You create your own audience, and your own community of peers, and in some ways you create your own forebears as well.

I always thought that you could do worse than find yourself dying in the company of a devoted former student.

Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.

It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.