Vishous, could you stop grinning like that? You're beginning to freak me out.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

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.

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

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.

...Data itself... was tolerable. It was the constant nerve-web-expanding pain of context that would kill him.

I care nothing for all the political parties in the world except as they stand for justice.

Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.

If you've been fortunate enough to live out your dream in the profession of your choice, then you have an obligation to send the elevator back down.

To play a good guy is nice because in a way, he is so open for answers.

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.

A cat improves the garden wall in sunshine, and the hearth in foul weather.

If you let too many cooks in the kitchen it could cloud your vision of what you want to do.

The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.

Why are you in such a rush?" Sophia asked, and her grandmother answered that it was a good idea to do things before you forgot that they had to be done.