Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?

A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.

It's a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.

I worry that Jesus drinks himself to sleep when he hears me talk like this.

Twenty minutes later, my ski patrol woman did come back, rubbing her bare hands together. "How you doing?" she asked. At first the enthusiasm in her voice worried me, because she sounded as if we might now move on to calisthenics.

Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome of your work and you'll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety doesn't make you better.

Avoiding depression with large daily doses of television.

We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, 'Oh, nothing!' Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts — not to hurt others.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

A jest breaks no bones.

For some time I lived in fear of receiving a letter signed 'S. Gollum'. That would have been more difficult to deal with.