Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation's hoop I thrust it in the earth.

I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

I worry that our lives are like soap operas. We can go for months and not tune in to them, then six months later we look in and the same stuff is still going on.

Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.

Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman, the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and a goat and equally formidable on both scores.

In the hierarchy of instruments, if you're a harpist, you're considered someone with a brain much more than if you're a singer.

These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

Keep in mind that God's sovereignty allows Him to even use that which is not cooperating with Him (the bad) in order to move things to where He wants them to go.

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