If God simply handed us everything we want, He’d be taking from us our greatest prize – the job of accomplishment.
A habit is something you can do without thinking – which is why most of us have so many of them.
You can suffocate a thought by expressing it with too many words.
You seldom come across anything more enjoyable than a happy person.
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.
A man’s conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn’t do – but it does not keep him from doing it.
Even if you can’t prevent another’s sorrow, caring will lessen it.
Our economy is based upon people wanting more; their happiness on wanting less.
When a man eats his words, that’s recycling.
It’s better to recall something you wish you’d said than something you wish you hadn’t.
People help each other through a crisis by each supposing that the other can handle it better than he himself can.
Gossip needn’t be false to be evil – there’s a lot of truth that shouldn’t be passed around.
Many folks think they aren’t good at earning money, when what they don’t know is how to use it.
A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.
We’re all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent – criticism.
I would like to be able to admire a man’s opinions as I would his dog – without being expected to take it home with me.
Faith on a full stomach may be simply contentment but if you have it when you’re hungry, it’s genuine.
You may give gifts without caring, but you can’t care without giving.
Most of us must learn a great deal every day in order to keep ahead of what we forget.
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.