We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.

Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else.

It is no disgrace to start all over; it is usually an opportunity.

Fortify yourself with a flock of friends! There is always at least one who will understand, inspire, and give you the lift you may need at the time.

Character is the salesperson

Work hard, and you will earn good rewards.Work smart, and you will earn great rewards.Work hard and work smart, and you will earn extraordinary rewards.

The paths people choose in life can lead to the creation or destruction of people, places, things, and relationships. The future is uncertain, but what is certain is there will be change.

If the only tool we use to analyse what's valuable is a price tag, then those things that don't have price tags begin to look like they have no value.

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

If there is a load you have to bear that you can't carry, I'm right up the road. I'll share your load if you just call me.

No man ever learned to love God with all his heart, and his neighbour as himself, in a day.

His epitaph: Who, by vigor of mind almost divine, the motions and figures of the planets, the paths of comets, and the tides of the seas first demonstrated.

She looked at me as if for a moment she would seek someone who would understand the dreadful predicament of a woman, in this world ruled by men.

Canada is seen to some as a confederation of shopping centres.

One man’s “ugly” is another man’s “beautiful.