Gentle words bring life and health; a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.

No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount of excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain unruffled under all circumstances.

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

If you are unwilling to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for ordinary.

Climb high, climb far; your aim the sky, your goal the star.

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single act.

Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

A real leader faces the music when he doesn't like the tune.

You don't need such a good memory if you always speak the truth.

You don’t get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Give the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you.

A bundle of sticks is always stronger than a single twig.

Scatter joy.

The most significant change in a person's life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions.

There is no I in TEAMWORK

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?

The fragrance always remains on the hand that gives the rose.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth--a sense of humor.

If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen.

Words are just works and without heart they have no meaning.

The path to greatness is along with others.

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

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.

Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

A smile is a curve that can set every thing straight.

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Always do right. This will gratify some and astonish the rest.

Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.

Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

Each person is given the same 24 hours each day. What defines who we are and what we achieve in life is how each of us chooses to use those 24 hours.

Learn to love your work and you'll never have to work again.

We get to make a living; we give to make a life.