Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

Once bitten twice shy? Sure, but... why not get a bigger dog and bite them back?

If you were Catholic, you'd singe the ears of the priest you confessed to.

Magic to be its best must be unexpected".

God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.

The world is not a solid continent of facts sprinkled by a few lakes of uncertainties, but a vast ocean of uncertainties speckled by a few islands of calibrated and stabilized forms

We see women who go out and want to look like Jennifer Aniston, and they're wearing an ill-fitting red dress and ugly gold shoes, and they've got flat hair and they can't walk.

We must buy jewelry; it identifies us with our tribe, just as body piercing identifies those of a different tribe.

I love writing songs.

He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands.

We all have a lifelong habit of inferiority to our full self..."