選自《心靈雞湯》：

　　1. We are our best selves when we are being our true selves.

　　2. We really have to love ourselves first to get anything done in this world.

　　3. We can only be happy when we pay attention to our deepest feelings and we make a decision to honor our needs.

　　4. Be supportive, understanding, lighthearted and forgiving.

　　5. To have a good friend is the purest of all God’s gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.

　　6. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

　　7. Friendship is a place where I can understand myself with someone else. We need our friends to help us understand and love ourselves. Friendships should be safe places where our deepest secrets and our most painful weaknesses can find shelter and will never be used against us.

　　8. A real friend helps you see who you are and maybe even helps you to change and become a better person.

　　9. Friends are there to defend us, to support us and to challenge us.

　　10. Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.

　　11. Love conquers all.

　　12. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

　　13. Love is much more like a natural spring. The longer and farther it flows, the stronger and deeper and cleaner it becomes.

　　14. At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

　　15. Love conquers all.

　　16. Love cures people — both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

　　17. What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?

　　18. Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our heart and we are never, ever the same.

　　19. For everything you have missed, you have gained something else.

　　20. The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

　　21. Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

　　22. They can because they think they can.

　　23. The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

　　24. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

　　25. The marvelous richness of human experiences would lose something of rewarding joy if there were not limitations to overcome.

　　26. Many things are lost for want of asking.

　　27. The dedicated life is the life worth living.

　　28. The answers to Life’s questions lie inside you. All you need to do it look, listen and trust.

　　29. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

　　30. Don’t worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.