You live long enough in a world spinning on its axis, you learn to spin in the same direction.

It's still possible to be a cockeyed optimist these days - you just have to be a little more cockeyed.

Never point a finger where you never lent a hand.

You can bear your troubles or shrug them off. They're your shoulders.

To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it.

Occasionally ask, "What is the connection between what I want most in life and anything I plan to do today?

As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent - that it does not have to be recognized by others.