Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words , “This too shall pass.”

If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.

We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.