What lawsuits grow out of the graves of rich men, every day; sowing perjury, hatred, and lies among near kindred, where there should be nothing but love!

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.

Sometimes you can grow more in a shorter amount of time with the right company than years of soul-searching alone, or by living the same patterns you've lived for your entire life.

I have found out the hard way that the path from victim to victory hinges on one word…Choose.

When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.

Luck ... taps once in a lifetime at everybody's door but if industry does not open it luck goes away.

Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government.

It was written without fear and without research.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

All human interactions are opportunities either to learn or to teach.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

I have found over the years that American soldiers and airmen thrive on competition.