A boil on a man's neck is more important to him than 40 floods in India

Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars...or your two legs...or your hands...or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them.

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: "Try to bear lightly what needs must be." Socrates did. He faced death with a calmness and resignation that touched the hem of divinity.

Don't ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time

The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.