A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.

Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.

Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.

What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.