Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

You either make dust or eat dust.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

You can't hire someone to practice for you.

In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.

A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.

Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.

Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass.

Compliment three people every day.

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.

Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.