We forge the chains we wear in life.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

The barrier standing between you and the life you are capable of living is a lack of consistent execution. Effective execution will set you free. It is the path to accomplish the things you desire.

Funds are low again, hallelujah! That means God trusts us and is willing to leave His reputation in our hands.

When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.

You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person.

I've got another friend who is half-German and half-Polish. He hates Jews but can't remember why!

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind.

We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.