Joan Day > Joan's Quotes

“You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.”
― Vernon Howard

“Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

“Learning to stop sweating the small stuff involves deciding what things to engage in and what things to ignore. From a certain perspective, life can be described as a series of mistakes, one right after another with a little space in between.”
― Richard Carlson

“Choose being kind over being right and you'll be right every time.”
― Richard Carlson

“The key to a good life is this: If you're not going to talk about something during the last hour of your life, then don't make it a top priority during your lifetime.”
― Richard Carlson, Ph.D.

“Your heart, the compassionate part of you, knows that it’s impossible to feel better at the expense of someone else.”
― Richard Carlson, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life