The hardest thing to accept as a parent is that you cannot apply the bandage before the bruise.
See yourself always as cause, and perhaps a better world will be found among your effects.
If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?
Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash?
It's not that I'm a Type-B personality. It's that I'm driven by a passionate, all-consuming desire to take it easy.
Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.
Life is a series of tasks that you absolutely must get done before they don't matter any more.
To help someone in need is not charity it is proper etiquette.
I look back on the time I've wasted, and I'm just glad I wasted it while I still had the chance.
Eventually you realize that not all opposing viewpoints come from people who oppose you.
Time brings an end to everything. We should not mistake for a tragedy what is no more than the passage of time.
Sometimes two people need to step apart and make a space between that each might see the other anew, in a glance across a room or silhouetted against the moon.
God sends the dawn that we might see the might-have-beens that still might be.
Know thyself, or at least keep renewing the acquaintance.
As a job seeker, remember this: You only lack experience if they want it done the same old way.
Always laugh off a slight insult, so that people will understand what it means when you're not laughing.
There are days when you need someone who just wants to be your sunshine and not the air you breathe.
What a blessing to be alone with your thoughts when so many are alone with their inability to think.
Sometimes it's worth getting lost to see who will come looking for us.
If man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had achieved a level of communication so simplified that one syllable could express his every thought, then he would have achieved the level of intelligence already achieved by his dog.
The toughest test of good judgment is to know when to withhold your better judgment.
Every day ask yourself, "What would I do today if I were a better person?
As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around.
Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge to sit him down and explain to him how his brain is not yet fully developed.
Politicians don't lie, they misspeak. And they don't steal, they mispocket.
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