The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people.Collection: Voice
The best thing about the battle between the sexes is often the sex between the battles.Collection: Sex
When all things are considered, happiness is a better indicator of success than success has ever been of happiness.Collection: Indicators
Throughout history, most of the wrongs of the world have resulted from people absolutely sure they were in the right.Collection: People
Even though it runs counter to popular belief, Life's critical decisions are usually made in the heart and only later ratified by the brain.Collection: Running
If only people fought undeserved praise as much as they do unfair criticism.Collection: People
The secret of a successful relationship is avoiding the unforgivable and forgiving the unavoidable.Collection: Successful
The best teachers aren't those who answer our questions, but those who question our answers.Collection: Teacher
To have meaning, our lives require both passion and purpose. A life without passion is like a furnace without fuel, and without purpose, like a ship without a rudder.Collection: Life
Never let the worst of you get the best of you.Collection: Worst
The fastest way to lose an argument is to lose your temper.Collection: Way
Sometimes I wonder which is worse - confrontational people who are afraid of caring or caring people who are afraid of confrontation.Collection: Caring
Words have incredible power. They can make people's hearts soar, or they can make people's hearts sore.Collection: Heart
Never confuse the importance of things with things of importance.Collection: Importance
Men are like microwave ovens; they heat up immediately, but things start to boil over after about three minutes. Women are like conventional ovens; they take twenty minutes to heat up, but can go on cooking for hours.Collection: Men
A life without purpose is like a novel without a plot. It wanders all over the place, is hard to follow, and in the end, doesn't get particularly good reviews.Collection: Plot
If life is a blank canvas and all people are artists, the big challenge we all face may be expressed this way: Will we ultimately produce something approaching a masterpiece, an acceptable but not particularly memorable work of art, or a creation that wouldn't even be purchased at a yard sale?Collection: Art
Some people have a perverse talent; they're capable of shooting themselves in the foot and stabbing themselves in the back at the exact same time.Collection: Feet
When we successfully deceive others, they are not aware of it; the same is true with self-deception.Collection: Self
If you are completely comfortable with your life, and feeling absolutely no anxiety, then you are probably coasting, and not really growing.Collection: Anxiety
It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.Collection: Pain
If you don't love your work, it's hard to love your life.Collection: Love You
We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.Collection: Character
The young think about how they'll change the world, the old think about how the world has changed.Collection: Thinking
Excessive wealth is a great problem masquerading as a great good.Collection: Problem
Throughout history, one of the biggest problems is that the correct course of action is not always obvious, and the obvious course of action is not always correct.Collection: Action
Two of the biggest conversational blunders you can make are saying something when you should stay silent, and staying silent when you should say something.Collection: Two
By trying to make things easier for their children, parents can make things much harder for them.Collection: Children
Never rely on your friends for money, or on your money for friends.Collection: Rely
There is one message children can never hear enough as they grow up, and adults should never forget as long as they live: To accomplish big things, you must first dream big dreams.Collection: Dream
People who are most interested in telling the truth about others are generally the least interested in having the truth told about themselves.Collection: People
Turning seventy is like beginning the eighth inning of a baseball game. The contest is nearing completion, but there's likely to be some action, and even a few exciting plays, before the game draws to an end.Collection: Baseball
We all know that working out reduces stress, but it's equally true that stressing out reduces work.Collection: Stress
The music of lovers is not generally appreciated by lovers of music.Collection: Love
The world will never discover a person who is hiding in the crowd.Collection: World
Adolescence is a kind of slavery cleverly disguised as freedom.Collection: Slavery
People who parade their holiness are operating dangerously close to the sin of pride.Collection: Pride
People sometimes forget when you remember, but they always remember when you forget.Collection: People
When we're young, everything is possible; when we're old, possibilities are everything.Collection: Possibility
If life were like a competitive race, some people would be given a flying start and others would line up with weights tied to their ankles.Collection: Race
If you want to understand a difficult or trying person, begin by asking the question: 'What is the wound they are trying to heal?'Collection: Trying
Be helpful to all who need your assistance, but don't overdo it. Over-helpfulness too often results in under-performance.Collection: Needs
The high cost of living is a minor problem when compared to the cost of high living.Collection: Cost Of Living
The most important dreams occur while people are fully awake.Collection: Dream
Never confuse looking your best with doing your best.Collection: Doing Your Best
The best time to give feedback to strong people is when they're feeling weak, and to weak people when they're feeling strong.Collection: Strong
The best thing about fear is that it provides a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate courage.Collection: Opportunity
Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk.Collection: Talking
You'll never stand out if your goal in life is to fit in.Collection: Goal
Why is it that the most important stuff to listen to is almost always the stuff we don't want to hear?Collection: Important