A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.
Love your work, then you will find pleasure in mastering it.
Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.
Become the kind of person who brightens a room just by entering it.
Volunteer. Sometimes the jobs no one wants conceal big opportunities.
Remember that just the moment you say, “I give up,” someone else seeing the same situation is saying, “My, what a great opportunity.”
If you need to bring in a business partner, make sure your partner brings along some money.
Don’t do business with anyone who has a history of suing people.
Encourage anyone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually.
Remember, a good marriage is like a campfire. Both grow cold if left unattended.
I’ve learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible.
Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn’t write it down and sign it, don’t say it.
Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night’s sleep.
Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between ‘I should’ and ‘I did.’
Read carefully anything that requires your signature. Remember the big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
I’ve learned that regardless of color or age, we all need about the same amount of love.
Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.
Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.