“Believe in miracles but don’t depend on them.”

Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some new best friends.

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

I’ve learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible

Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness.

Keep a note pad and pencil on your bedside table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 A.M.

Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between ‘I should’ and ‘I did.’

Judge your success by the degree that you’re enjoying peace, health, and love.

Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.

Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.

You can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you better know something.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

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

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

Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right.

Don’t expect others to listen to your advice and ignore your example.

Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night’s sleep.

Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.

I don’t believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

I believe in second chances, but I don’t believe in third or fourth chances.

Whatever you believe, you become.

I’ve always believed in the strength and resilience of the American people.

You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.