Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.

Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?

Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.

If you never heard opportunity knock, maybe you're never at home.

...there are days when I feel I can do anything and days when I feel I can do nothing. But fortunately for those around me, neither sort occurs very often.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.