Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.

Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.