Instead of jumping at the chance to be offended, choose to be amused. Rather than filling your thoughts with resentment, fill your heart with forgiveness.

Meaning is found not in the rewards, for they are only tokens. Seek not to have the gold medal. Instead, seek to be the person who can win the gold medal. It is in the quest that you'll find the fulfillment which the reward represents.

Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

Begin each day with the expectation that it will bring something new, something to which you can say yes.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

You cannot expect to get the effect when you neglect to create the cause.

When you think you know it all, there's not much that you'll learn.