Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.

A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.

There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.

We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.