Seek happiness for its own sake and you will not find it seek for duty and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread. They may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

He that never changes his opinions and never corrects his mistakes will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

Seek happiness for its own sake and you will not find it seek for duty and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

Have a time and place for everything and do everything in its time and place and you will not only accomplish more but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying.

Thoughts lead on to purposes purposes go forth in action actions form habits habits decide character and character fixes our destiny.

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.

She shook off the self-recrimination. What-ifs and could-have-beens were not the way to move forward. She knew that from experience.

Innovative wisdom with purpose defines a leader.

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?

Hard work and dedication is important to success, and I have those qualities.

I never, ever thought I would be able to grow a beard like I have now. I think it's gonna be here for a little minute. Fear the beard, hopefully.

Frankly, I've come to feel that there are two kinds of people: those who act like thermometers and those who act like thermostats.

I'm like old shoes, I've never been hip.

Focus on the opportunities, not on the constraints.

We walk by faith, not by sight.

Now to what...? How we teach people to make choices and the things they're going to make choices over - that is culturally learned.