The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
You either make dust or eat dust.
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.
Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass.
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.
Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.
Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
Watch your finances like a hawk.
You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion.
Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.
Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.
Luck marches with those who give their very best.
If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.
Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.
Compliment three people every day.
Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.