Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
If you only look at the past you have turned your back on your future.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
What man does not understand, he fears & what he fears, he destroys.
The one whose judgment counts most in you life is the one looking back at you through the mirror.
Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.
If you only look at the past you have your back turned away from your future.
The one whose judgment counts most in your life is the one looking back at you through the mirror.
What most people need to learn in life is how to love people & use things instead of using people & loving things.
What man doesn’t understand, he fears. What he fears he is likely to destroy.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Life has no rehearsals, only performances.
Life is like a beautiful melody, only all the lyrics are out of place.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.
Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for bigger things.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
The best & most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt.
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions.
You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg.
To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything.
If you fear nothing, you love nothing. If you love nothing, what joy can there be in life?
He who thinks by the inch & talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.
Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.
The atom, being for all practical purposes the stable unit of the physical plane, is a constantly changing vortex of reactions.
Smile, It's the second best thing you can do with your lips.
It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out; it's the grain of s & in your shoe.
Sometimes the most urgent & vital thing you can do is take a complete rest.
An Irishman is the only man in the world who will step over the bodies of a dozen naked women to get to a bottle of stout.
You know you're getting old when it takes too much effort to procrastinate.
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best.
There is only one success- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
That which we obtain too easily, we care less about.
Success always occurs in private & failure in full public view.
It's easy to stop making mistakes. Just stop having ideas.
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
Feelings are real & legitimate, children behave & misbehave for a reason, even if adults cannot figure it out.
The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience.
The words you speak today should be soft & tender . . . for tomorrow you may have to eat them.
Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
Love is my Sword, Goodness my Armour, & Humor my Shield.
We are drowning information & starved for knowledge.
If you make the world a little better, then you have accomplished a great deal.
It is difficult for sorrow to intrude on a busy life.
Immortality lies not in the things you leave behind, but in the people your life has touched.
Man is a gregarious creature, more so in mind than in body. He may like to go alone for a walk but he hates to stand alone in his opinion.
The engineer’s first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is.
