Great Throughts Treasury

"If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do."

"Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work -- and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't."

"I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

"I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not."

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

"One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself."

"In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by."

"I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can."

"You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

"You see much more of your children once they leave home."

"The more things you do, the more you can do."