Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.
If you haven’t time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.
Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.
A valuable friend is one who’ll tell you what you should be told, even if it offends you.
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
The reason there’s so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.
A child, like your stomach, doesn’t need all you can afford to give it.
There’s nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.
Maybe a person’s time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.
Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he’s too busy to enjoy.
It’s hard to detect good luck – it looks so much like something you’ve earned.
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
A baby is born with a need to be loved – and never outgrows it.
If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.
The more you learn to live without, the more you’ll have to live with.
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him.
Every adult needs a child to teach; it’s the way adults learn.
Why not upset the apple cart? If you don’t, the apples will rot anyway.
To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian – to help them is.