Thank you for caring for my brother." He took his sunglasses off. And looked at her with total adoration.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

Learn to be assertive without anger attached to it.

Wealth of time is actually of more value than natural resources (petroleum, gold, diamond, gas etc.) and more valuable than human resources.

I felt somewhat like a fire hydrant – with everyone marking their territory around me.

Warning: Okay, okay…stop asking. They get their story. Happy now?

Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood.

The sort of commercial parameters of classical music changed after the [World War II] , and the whole industry became more backward-looking.

Anyone living in Los Angeles who says they don't need a psychiatrist, needs a psychiatrist.

Don't believe everything you hear

I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesnt worry me personally all that much.