We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckkon us with beepers and billboards.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.