One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.
It finally happened. I got the GPS lady so confused, she said, "In one-quarter mile, make a legal stop and ask directions.
Each day learn something new, and just as important, relearn something old.
What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.
The toughest test of good judgment is to know when to withhold your better judgment.
It's hard, sometimes, when nothing's stopping you, to know what's stopping you.
God sends the dawn that we might see the might-have-beens that still might be.
Conscience is less an inner voice than the memory of a mother's glance.
Often it's just a short swim from the shipwreck of your life to the island paradise of your dreams, assuming you don't drown in the metaphor.
What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.
One of life's regrets is that you didn't always tell the truth, and now it's too late, because the truth has changed.
In the best of relationships you have two people who cannot think of anything that was not part of the deal.
There is no tomorrow. There is only a planet turning on its axis, and a creature given to optimistic fancies.
Politicians don't lie, they misspeak. And they don't steal, they mispocket.
How we long to remove the clutter from our lives not realizing that the clutter is our lives.
For centuries, man believed that the sun revolves around the earth. Centuries later, he still thinks that time moves clockwise.
As important as it is to keep picking yourself up and brushing yourself off, it's also important to stop tripping over your own two feet.
If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines.
As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent - that it does not have to be recognized by others.
At the end of the day, Mother Nature has only one question for us: 'What life did you nurture today?
What a blessing to be alone with your thoughts when so many are alone with their inability to think.
If you ruled out partial successes, there would be no progress at all.
I hope some day to meet God, because I want to thank Him for the flowers.
After years of buying clothes I intend to diet into, I'll say this: the skeleton in my closet has some really nice outfits.
Always keep your home presentable, assuming you keep a home for purposes of presentation.
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