All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.