Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

It's not your job to get people to like you, it's your job to like people.

Happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.

Ask someone you'd like to know to list five people they would most like to meet. It will tell you a lot about them.

When lending people money, be sure their character exceeds their collateral.

Don't do business with anyone who has a history of suing people.

Hire people more for their judgment than for their talents.

Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.

The next time you face a customer who has every right to be upset, say something like this: 'I don't blame you for feeling as you do. If I were you, I'd feel exactly the same way. What would you like for me to do?' These are magical, healing words, and you'll be surprised at how reasonable people become when they believe you are on their side.

People who accomplish big things did small things well.

Remember that no time is ever wasted that makes two people better friends.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life's ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be fond of them, too, for He made so many of them for us to enjoy.

Don't judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

Watch for big problems. They disguise big opportunities.

Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.

Remember that just the moment you say, "I give up," someone else seeing the same situation is saying, "My, what a great opportunity."

Volunteer. Sometimes the jobs no one wants conceal big opportunities.

When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.

Be quick to take advantage of an advantage.

Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Put a love note in his shaving kit before he leaves on a business trip.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

I've learned that regardless of color or age, we all need about the same amount of love.

You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up up them.

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon

Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.

Make allowances for your friends' imperfections as readily as you do for your own.