Dear Abby

"If you want something you've never had, you must do something you've never done."

"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it hasn't tried to contact us."

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting the lion not to attack you because you are a vegetarian."

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans."

"The best way to inspire people is to truly care about them."

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad."

"If you pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight."

"Money is a great servant but a bad master."

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."

"Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career."

"Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"Time flies when you're having fun, but it flies much faster when you're the one paying."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"We are not responsible for every thought that goes through our heads, only for the ones we act upon."

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

"The worst feeling is pretending you don't care about someone when you really do."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it."

"Mistakes are the dues one pays for a full life."

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

"Love is a two-way street. If it's one-way, you're walking alone."

"The greatest gift you can give someone is your time and attention."

"Fear is the opposite of faith, and faith is the antidote to fear."

"Your reputation is what people say about you when you leave the room."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."