“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.”

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.

Everyday is a new life to a wise man.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

I’ve found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

So if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

If we speak poorly about that which we do well, people will assume we perform poorly!

An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.

Arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.

I’m quite old-fashioned. I like going out to dinner. You have the chance to talk to somebody and get to know them better.

The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the law, as I have done, and as I shall continue to do.

Studies have shown kids have a greater chance for lifelong success if they know how to read by the third grade.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

If there’s no risk, then it doesn’t take faith. If there’s no chance you can fail, then you don’t need God’s help.

You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

A second chance doesn’t mean anything if you haven’t learned from your first mistake.