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Take time for good books; time to absorb the thoughts of poets and philosophers, seers and prophets.

He knows that as long as a man keeps his faith in God and in himself nothing can permanently defeat him.

Laughter is the best medicine for a long and happy life. He who laughs lasts!

I believe that to pray without ceasing means to think good thoughts without ceasing.

Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.

The art of love is God at work through you.

Love is the spiritual magnetism that draws men together, for the working of miracles.

Read! Read something every day. Discipline yourself to a regular schedule of reading. In fifteen minutes a day you can read twenty books a year.

Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love.

Happiness does not depend upon a full pocketbook, but upon a mind full of rich thoughts and a heart full of rich emotions.

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Many times we will get more ideas and better ideas in two hours of creative loafing than in eight hours at a desk.

See it big, and keep it simple.

In practicing the art of parenthood, an ounce of example is worth a ton of preachment.

You visualize yourself as the person you want to be. You strive to make the ideal in your mind become a reality on the canvas of Time.

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.

Inject laughter into tense situations to save the day; laughter calms tempers and soothes jangled nerves.

I believe that God is a power underneath my life here on earth. His goodness undergirds me and uplifts me.

We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness ...

The art of humility begins with a recognition of our dependence on others and an appreciation of God's gift of life.

The supreme art of living is to strive to live each day well.

Prayer is thinking and thanking. It is thinking of our many blessings and accepting them with a thankful spirit.

Change can be accomplished most of all through the power of prayer, because with God all things are possible.

The art of achievement is the art of making life - your life - a masterpiece.

It is great to love life. Accept life as a precious gift from the hand of God and strive to make the most of it.

Success is not arriving at the summit of a mountain as a final destination. It is a continuing upward spiral of progress. It is perpetual growth.

Friendship, awareness, happiness, all of the arts of the good life, are brilliant beads strung on the golden cord of love.

Love is the dove of peace, the spirit of brotherhood, it is tenderness and compassion, forgiveness and tolerance.

Love, in the words of the Master, is the shining commandment: LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

Forgiveness works the miracle of change.

In cathedral or cottage, the art of worship is an inner adventure; it is the personal practice of the presence of God.

Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified.

Imagination guides you in your contacts with individuals and crowds, so you can discover new concepts and approaches.

There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things you know you should not do.

Love is the dynamic motivation behind every worthy purpose; it is the upward thrust that lifts men to the heights.

Thank God for the creative ideas that enrich life by adding your own creative contributions to human progress

The art of work ... It is going to your work as you go to worship, with a prayer of thankfulness and the aspiration to serve.

The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

Love is down to earth and it reaches to the highest star; it is the valey of humility and the mopuntaintop of ecstasy.

"The word which God has written on the brow of every person," wrote Victor Hugo, "is Hope." As long as we have hope no situation is hopeless.

Love is the supreme good; it is the overflowing life, the giving of ourselves to noble ends and causes.

The secret of being more vitally alive is to be more aware. Starting today, from this moment, become aware of awareness!

Don't point your finger to the heights your children should go. Start climbing and they will follow.

By the grace of God you are what you are; glory in your selfhood, accept yourself and go on from there.

Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance.

Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern, live your own life, and follow your own star.

Prayer does not change God, it changes us. It deepens insight, increases intuitive perception, expands consciousness. It transforms personality.

Love is the creative fire, the inspiration that keeps the torch of progress aflame.

Work miracles by setting a good example. Others will catch your spirit! The power of a good example is the greatest miracle-working power of all.

Sooner or later, a man if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give and take.