“Don t speak thoughtlessly. Don t worry unnecessarily. Don t work half-heartedly. Don t spend recklessly. Don t give begrudgingly. Don t act self-centeredly. Don t live short-sightedly.”
“You have no power over your past, but you do over your present. You have no power over your history, but you do over your future. You have no power over your fortune, but you do over your actions. You have no power over your reputation, but you do over your character. You have no power over destiny, but you do over yourself. You have no power over anyone, but you do over your world.”
“You are never too old to start over. Every day is a chance to make changes to create the life we want.”
“Sometimes the tunes of our songs are not melodious. Sometimes they are just without emotion, flesh, breath, or thought.”
“Dream with all of your mind. Work with all of your heart. Persevere with all of your strength. Succeed with all of your soul.”
“To be profitable, practice diligence. To be successful, practice excellence. To be influential, practice intelligence. To be honorable, practice prudence. To be blissful, practice kindness. To be joyful, practice goodness.”
“Anger slowly. Forgive quickly. Trust cautiously. Love easily.”
“Smiling through confusion is courage. Smiling through tears is strength. Smiling through pain is power. Smiling through tragedy is greatness.”
“A wise person makes one error, and learns ten lessons. He makes two errors, and learns twenty lessons. He makes three errors, and learns thirty lessons. He makes few errors, and learns countless lessons.”
“The universe knows my place in life much better than I do.”
“It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES!”
“Not all of us were meant to teach, but all of us were meant to learn. Not all of us were meant to lead, but all of us were meant to serve. Not all of us were meant to be rich, but all of us were meant to be charitable. Not all of us were meant to be famous, but all of us were meant to be upright. Not all of us were meant to be mighty, but all of us were meant to persevere. Not all of us were meant to be extraordinary, but all of us were meant to prevail.”
“Train the ears to hear more. Train the eyes to see more. Train the hands to do more. Train the feet to accomplish more. Train the mind to think more. Train the heart to feel more. Train the soul to love more.”
“Encourage many, enlighten many, and you will empower many.”
“Those who do not preach life but live it do not smile to the lily near the bank; they look for stones and hang on.”
“If one chews a problem over long enough, it becomes apparent that the jaw is aching, and what started as weighing heavy on the heart ends up a pain in the neck.”
“How this life speeds right by, the odometer forgetting how fast it sped. Grinding the foot and pressing the metal, not counting road side markers ahead”