I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.
Never complain and never explain.
Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.
The worst sort of clever men are those who know better than the Bible.