Well, that's why smart people get tripped up with worry and fear. Worry...fear...is just a misuse of the creative imagination that has been placed in each of us. Because we are smart and creative, we imagine all the things that could happen, that might happen, that will happen if this or that happens. See what I mean?

The words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on the gravestones of unsuccessful people ever since Eve took her first bite of the apple.

It's a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story.

Little things do matter. Sometimes, little things matter the most. Everybody pays a lot of attention to big things, but nobody seems to understand that big things are almost always made up of little things. When you ignore little things, they often turn into big things that have become a lot harder to handle.

There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.

After all, the seeds of depression cannot take root in a grateful heart.

It's also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book!