“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.

Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.

Don’t burn bridges. You’ll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.

Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.

I never expect to lose. Even when I’m the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

Grind it out. Hanging on just one second longer than your competition makes you the winner.

Become someone’s hero.

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.

Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.

If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.

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

Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.

Read carefully anything that requires your signature. Remember the big print giveth and the small print taketh away.

The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin to damn the whole world.

The best form in which to worship God is every form.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

If seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight

If a supernatural power tries to make you a saint or an emperor, refuse it, because the greatest beauty of life hides in having no position whatsoever! Positionless is the best position!

I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient is not by staring at the computer screen but by going to see the patient; it’s only at the bedside that I can figure out what is important.

The best thing about Valentine’s Day is that if you don’t have a lover, you badly remember to get one!

Forest is the best port of the wise man!