Rene Descartes

I think; therefore I am.

Common sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for we all think we possess a good share of it.

Happiness is the ability to move forward knowing the future will be better than the past.

The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don’t bring presents.

Look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion, and up with gratitude.

Impossible is just an opinion.

Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

Sometimes if you’re lucky someone comes into your life who’ll take up a place in your heart no one else can fill.

Time management is really a misnomer; the challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.

Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.

We want people who hate to lose, like myself.

If your watch is slow by just four minutes, that’s not much – unless you’ve been warned that if you’re even one minute late ever again you will be fired. Then four minutes make a big difference.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

He was also efficient and gave me his four-step formula for success: 1. Get in. 2. Get it done. 3. Get it done right. 4. And get out.

Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.