The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

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.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech