There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

I honestly believe that this is one of the greatest secrets to true peace of mind -- a decent sense of values. We could annihilate 50 percent of all our worries at once if we would develop a sort of private gold standard -- a gold standard of what things are worth to us in terms of our lives.

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.

...Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you.

If you disagree with them you may be tempted to interrupt. But don't. It is dangerous. They won't pay attention to you while they still have a lot of ideas of their own crying for expression. So listen patiently and with an open mind.

The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.