You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own 'acres of diamonds.'

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

We become what we think about.

Watch what everyone else does--do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.

Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.

She re-read his email four times, feeling offended and breathless, like he had casually grabbed her head and stuffed it into a pile of wet leaves.

How can the removal of beauty from a world so lacking in beauty be anything but tragic?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

I am not a redhead, I'm a blonde.

Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter.

After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.

Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols.

A fact which is not denied but whose truths are rationalized loses its objective base. It ceases to be concrete and becomes a myth created in defense of the class of the perceiver.