Occupation: Author Birth: 1940
Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems..
Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end..
Perform your job better than anyone else can. That's the best job security I know..
Read carefully anything that requires your signature. Remember the big print giveth and the small print taketh away..
When there's a piano to be moved, don't reach for the stool..
Never be ashamed of your patriotism..
Make a list of twenty-five things you want to experience before you die. Carry it in your wallet or purse and refer to it often..
May your life be crowded with unexpected joys..
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 t….
Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it..
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, ….
Make allowances for your friends' imperfections as readily as you do for your own..
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, Moth….
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to ….
Volunteer. Sometimes the jobs no one wants conceal big opportunities..
When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.
Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health, and love..
Encourage anyone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually..
What you must do, do cheerfully..
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail awa….
Get your priorities straight. No one ever said on his death bed, 'Gee, if I'd only spent more time at the office.'.