Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.

In a dark moment I ask, "How can anyone bring a child into this world?" And the answer rings clear, "Because there is no other world, and because the child has no other way into it."

Just as important as having a list of priorities is every once in a while starting from the bottom.

Never mind the odds against you. If you doubled your effort, what would the odds against you do — send for reinforcements?

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.

What a snapshot is to your life, your life is to eternity, so wouldn't it be nice if eternity captured you smiling?

I don't lie and cheat, but I don't always avoid actions that would be lying and cheating if someone else did them.