Cheerfulness is a debt we owe to society, in the paying of which we receive a generous discount. We can not open our hearts to give out cheer without more cheer rushing in to take its place.

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward spiritual mastery.

Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire its continuance we should never start a friendship any more than we would a love affair.

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life.

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.