Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things-the mere termites of life-to ruin your happiness.

Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.

Good speakers usually find when they finish that there have been four versions of the speech: the one they delivered, the one they prepared, the one the newspapers say was delivered, and the one on the way home they wish they had delivered.

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.

We can all endure disaster and tragedy, and triumph over them-if we have to. We may not think we can, but we have surprisingly strong inner resources that will see us through if we will only make use of them. We are stronger than we think.

In order to make friends you must first be friendly

you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry