Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.