Be careful of the words you say, keep them soft and sweet; You never know from day to day which ones you'll have to eat...

Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got.

One must learn to love oneself with a wholesome and healthy love, so that one can bear to be with oneself and need not roam.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult the calendar.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.-- Abraham Lincoln

"The rule is: we cannot really forgive ourselves unless we look at the failure in our past and call it by its right name."

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." -- Bernard Meltzer.

"Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness."

One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. -- Hasidic Saying

"Don't allow your self-forgiveness to be contingent upon somebody else's readiness or willingness to forgive you. They may get something out of holding on to anger that they aren't ready to let go of. They may be too frightened or wounded to let go of their anger. Feeling angry may be an important part of their healing process at this time. Allow others to be where they are. Respect their right to feel the way they feel."

What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity. Leo Buscaglia

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still alive. O. A. Battista

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. Isaac Goldberg

Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. Diana Rankin

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting. St. Jerome

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence. David Byrne

I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me. -- Joseph Jefferson

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.