Quotes on “advice-for-daily-living”

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love.

It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.