Before you speak, listen.

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible

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

Empathy feels these thoughts; your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears are in my eyes.

Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.

In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.

Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.