H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret.

Never marry someone in hope that they'll change later.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

Never deprive someone of hope it might be all they have.