As you wait for better days, don't forget to enjoy today, in case they've already started.

Are you an artist? Look about you. Is there a physical tool whose use you have mastered, a part of your body that responds utterly to your control? Is your motive esthetic? If so, you are an artist. If not, you are probably a writer.

A successful artist is inspired by his muse, and his muse is inspired by the payment of a commission.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead In fact maybe there is a lesson there for how we should approach the future...with fourteen parts optimism - anticipating what could go right and the benefits - and one part pessimism - anticipating what could go wrong so we can avoid them.

As you wait for better days, don't forget to enjoy today, in case they've already started.

One day, in your search for happiness, you discover a partner by your side, and you realize that your happiness has come to help you search.

There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.