The great despisers are the greater reverers.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

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.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.