Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.

The four most expensive words in the English language are, 'This time it's different.'

A successful life depends less on how long you live than on how much you can pack into the time you have.

Hate, like prayer, changes the person involved in the activity, not the person the activity is aimed at.

A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then.

Your mission in life is to have a "why" to live for, to use your best qualities in the service of the kind of world in which you would like to live. That is your purpose. This is what life expects of you. And when you live according to your purpose, setting goals that support it, you may find the pieces of your life drawn together into a strong internal whole. Then, no matter how difficult life's experiences may prove to be, you can be able to endure and even prevail.

If you're not grateful, you're not rich - no matter how much you have.