Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

The essence of life is to care. The beauty of life is to give.

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Real optimism knows the difficulties but believes they can be overcome.

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

We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.