Frances Hodgson Burnett Quote

A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.

We live in a society where mutual respect and appreciation should be considered one of the pillars of modern life.

Dreams become regrets when left in the mind, never planted in the soil of action.

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the fu...

It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we all destroy it -- in our own small ways -- by every choice we make and every tiniest ac...

Man, by thinking, can bring into his experience whatsoever he desires--if he thinks correctly, and becomes a living embodiment of his thoughts. This is not done by holding thoughts but by knowing the...

The boiling water that does not cool down only dries out!

My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...

My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.

Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and exp...