Humility does not mean that you think less of yourself. It means that you think of yourself less.
When you are right, you can afford to keep your temper. When you are wrong, you can’t afford to lose it.
If we could trace our ancestors back far enough, we would learn that all servants come from princes and all princes come from servants. (Seneca)
To solve the equation of human relationships, we need to do the math: add love, subtract hate, multiply good, and divide truth from error.
Typically men who are brutally honest tend to enjoy the brutality more than the honesty.
The reason that resisting temptation is so difficult is that many people are afraid of discouraging it completely.
Here is the test to determine whether the work God has given you in this world is finished: if you are alive, it isn’t.
Here is the test to determine whether you are an optimist or pessimist: read this line — OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE. Did you read this as “Opportunity is nowhere,” or, “Opportunity is now here”?
When fleeing temptation, do not leave a forwarding address.
The less we speak of our greatness, the more others will think of it.
Trying times are not the times to stop trying.
One marker of maturity is the ability to be comfortable with people who are not like us.
No one seems to appreciate the value of constructive criticism more thoroughly than the one who is giving it.