Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!

A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires.

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday's mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow's problems, and ingratitude for today's blessings.

God gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?

The price of excellence is discipline; the cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

Freedom's enemies are waste, lethargy, indifference, immorality, and the insidious attitude of something for nothing.

A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.

The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't.

If you can imagine it you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.

Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.

The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.

The essence of life is to care. The beauty of life is to give.

Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.

Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.

The regeneration of a sinner is an evidence of power in the highest sphere -- moral nature; with the highest prerogative -- to change nature; and operating to the highest result -- not to create originally, which is great; but to create anew, which is greater.

Empathy feels these thoughts; your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears are in my eyes.

The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence.

Recipe for success: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.