There is no objective criteria for either success or failure. People who achieve their goals are successful, those who don't are not.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for appreciation and approval. When our good work or good deeds go unrewarded by hoped for praise, we feel like failures so we treat those who denied us our due as betrayers.

You don't have to be sick to get better.

We all have three characters: the one we really have, the one we try to convince the world we have, and the one we think we have.

Ethics is doing more than the law requires and less than the law allows.

Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them.