Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

"In he long run we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibilities."

"We act as though confort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Do it this very moment! Don't put it off-don't wait! There's no use in doing a kindness If you do it a day too late.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

"Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict."

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.