The vital, successful people I have met all had one common characteristic. They had a plan.  – Marilyn Van Derber

A leader takes people where they want to go…A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be. – Rosalynn Carter

A mediocre idea that generates great enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no none.  –Mary Kay Ash

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success – Dr.  Joyce Brothers

The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie. – Ann Landers

The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason. – Marya Mannes

The true way to  soften one's troubles is to solace those of others. – Madame de Maintenon

The verb "to love" in Persian is "to have a friend." "I love  you" translated literally is "I have you as a friend." and "I don't like you"  simply means "I don't have you as a friend." – Shusha Guppy

There are two ways of meeting difficulties.   You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them. – Phyllis Bottome

You must learn to say no when something is not right for you.  – Leontyne Price

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling – Margaret B. Runbeck

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. – Martha Washington

The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging. – Molly Ivins

The longer we listen to one another–with real attention–the mroe commonality we will find in all our lives.  That is, we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply questions. – Barbara Deming

The best of us must sometimes eat our words. – JK Rowling

The child becomes largely what it is taught;  hence we must watch what we teach it, and how we live before it. – Jane Addams

There is always sunshine, only we must  do our part, we must move  into it. – Clara Louise Burnham

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt