Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.

Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

Watch your finances like a hawk.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

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

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

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life's ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be fond of them, too, for He made so many of them for us to enjoy.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.

Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.

Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.

Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.

You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.

Luck marches with those who give their very best.

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

Never marry someone in hope that they'll change later.