I think one of the things about being around for a while and getting to know yourself is that when you do have these positive experiences, you don't take them for granted - you identify them and you make the most of them. I don't know - it's kind of cool getting old in a lot of ways.
Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.
I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
It's not what is available or unavailable that determines your level of success and happiness; it's what you convince yourself is true.
Anyone who has property that exceed his needs, let him support someone whose property does not (meet his or her needs), and anyone whose food exceeds his needs, let him share it with someone who does not have food.
I was going to buy a copy of "The Power of Positive Thinking", and then I thought: What good would that do?
I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well.
True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.
The Word of truth teaches in the clearest and most positive terms that all of the dead will be raised. No doctrine of the faith rests upon a more literal and emphatic body of Scripture authority than this, nor is any more vital to Christianity.
I'd be hard-pressed to think of anybody who's made me laugh, who's funny, but who's also relentlessly positive.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Edify a person in advance for the positive traits you want him or her to have, and you'll find them making a concerted effort to live up to your praise.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
You always have a second chance, as long as you believe you do and you try again, and stay positive and persistent and consistent.
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
The trouble with happiness is people don't practice it.
We can learn to move into the unknown with the confidence that we have a guiding force within us that is showing us the way.
There is a higher more powerful part of you. Your higher self will come through your intuition, coincidences and synchronicity of all kinds.
Any positive thinker is compelled to see everything in the light of his own convictions.
You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality.