If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.

...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.

Almost all of the finer things in life are free or nearly free. You don't have to pay for the sky at night or snow in the morning or a kiss on the nose when you're sick. Forgetting that may put you at the mercy of those who seek to profit by convincing you to want whatever it is they have to sell.

If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you

Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.