A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Talkback 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.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.