One's capacity for friendship, which can be developed, is basic to one's capacity for happiness.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

We, whoever we are, must have a daily goal in our lives, no matter how small or great, to make that day mean something.

A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.

Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively.

The biggest secret of self-esteem is this: Begin to appreciate other people more; show respect for any human being merely because he is a child of God and therefore a thing of value.

We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

Knowledge has always flowed upwards to bishops and kings, not down to serfs and slaves.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

Even a president makes mistakes.

Those who know God know that it is quite a mistake to suppose that there are only five senses.

For me, I think everybody with half a heart tries to do their best to do their part of good during the holiday season.

I also loved musicals because I was a dancer.

...we feel that our honor and safety require that Ft. Sumter should be in our possession at the very earliest moment.

The history of Napoleon now becomes, for 12 momentous years, the history of mankind.

Guys just don't care. We don't take the time to plan behind each other's back. We just say, 'If you don't like me, screw you.' If a guy doesn't like you, you know because you have a black eye.

Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor.