Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.

Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be. You have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

No matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.

You shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do.

It's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

You can keep going long after you can't.

We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

Either you control your attitude or it controls you.

Regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

Money is a lousy way of keeping score.

Sometimes when I'm angry, I have the right to be angry. But that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

It isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you are to learn to forgive yourself.

Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

You shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

No matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.

Your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.

Credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

The people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

When you're in love, it shows.

Just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.

Having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

Being kind is more important than being right.

You should never say no to a gift from a child.

No matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

We should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

To ignore the facts does not change the facts.

When you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

One should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.