The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life- and it was you. It is not too late to find that person again.

The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.

Be happy, and a reason will come along.

An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.

I respect more the person who struggles with his faith than the person who is confident in his skepticism.

A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.

We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.

A parent’s love is whole no matter how many times divided.

Perfection in art, as often in life, is better captured by eraser than pencil.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Never believe anything that requires you to hate people who do not believe it.

In the end you regret less the things you believed that werent true than the things that never came true because you didnt believe.

Sometimes in a relationship we fail to put two and two together because we want so much to keep one and one together.

Blogs seem to have two magnetic poles one attracting friends the other repulsing relatives.

If you cant explain something in a few words try fewer.

What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt.

Charisma is the fancy name given to the knack of giving people your full attention.

Charisma is not just saying hello. Its dropping what youre doing to say hello.

A watched child never learns.

The willingness to share does not make one charitable it makes one free.

There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.

Corporations no longer try to fit square pegs into round holes they just fit them into square cubicles.

There are days when you need someone who just wants to be your sunshine and not the air you breathe.

If minutes were kept of a family gathering they would show that Members not Presentand Subjects Discussed were one and the same.

Most of us dont need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.

Once you find someone to share your ups and downs downs are almost as good as ups.

In the end there doesnt have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.

There is no daily chore so trivial that it cannot be made important by skipping it two days running.

Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyones toes pretty much the same as life.

Sometimes perhaps we are allowed to get lost that we may find the right person to ask directions of.

Somewhere between the honest truth and the deceptive lie is the deceptive truth and the honest lie.

There are times when two people need to step apart from one another but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire.

It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right.

There is always a perfectly good excuse always a reason not to. The hardest freedom to win is the freedom from ones excuses.

If minutes were kept of a family gathering they would show that Members not Present and Subjects Discussed were one and the same.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

You will find that if you really try to be a father your child will meet you halfway.

In the end you dont so much find yourself as you find someone who knows who you are.

Marriage is natures way of ensuring that a woman picks up some mothering experience before she has her first child.

If minutes were kept of a family gathering they would show that members not present and subjects discussed were one and the same.

In a household of toddlers and pets we discover this rule of thumb about happy families that they are least two thirds incontinent.

Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden