No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.
Wealth, my son, should never be your goal in life. Your words are eloquent but they are mere words. True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.
Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow’s good luck.
Only a habit can subdue another habit.
My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.
I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life.
And I leave you now, not with sadness but with satisfaction and joy that we came together and walked, arm in arm, through this brief moment of eternity. Who could ask for more?
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; Yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; Yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.
One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one’s ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.
Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.
I’d rather learn how to prevent failure than how to gain success, because for what is success other than a state of mind?
I will persist until I succeed. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.
True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without.
If the ingredients for happiness are not within a person, no material success or entertainment or platinum credit cards can make that person smile.
You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.
And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.
Already I am smiling in anticipation of the good to come.