we sometimes forget the influence of action upon thought. ... Smile, whistle, sing, play the part you want to be until you become the part you play..

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them..

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance..

It'll be with me like it was with Uncle Ned's ole ox, I reckon; he kep' a-goin' an' a-goin' till he died a-standin' up, an' even then they had to pus….

Yer feelin's is like ras'berry vinegar: if you're skeered to use 'em an' keep on savin' 'em, first thing you know they've done 'vaporated!.

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling advent….

I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good books together. Domestic problems and ….

Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire it….

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be..

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself..

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains..

In this noisy, restless, bewildering age, there is a great need for quietness of spirit. Even in our communion with God we are so busy presenting our….

All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true..

The discovery that it is in our power to change our lives by the thoughts we think is the first step toward spiritual mastery..

Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end..

Somehow, I never feel like good things b'long to me till I pass 'em on to somebody else..

happiness is a duty, not only because of its effect upon us but because of its influence upon others..

When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered..

Cheerfulness is a debt we owe to society, in the paying of which we receive a generous discount. We can not open our hearts to give out cheer without….

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life..

Mrs. Wiggs was a philosopher, and the sum and substance of her philosophy lay in keeping the dust off her rose-colored spectacles..