Wise Words is entertaining, informative, educational, and motivating, delivering precisely what its subtitle describes -1001 Truths to Inspire, Enlighten and Enrich Everyday Life. It is a captivating book because of the wisdom of the 600-plus people responsible for those 1,001 truths. Selected from more than 3,000 motivational and inspirational sayings collected over 50 years, the 1,001 included here are the most motivating. Whether you buy Wise Words for your own reading pleasure, or as a gift for someone special, it's one of those rare books sure to be cherished, picked up and read again and again. That's because Wise Words provides an enjoyable mental pick-me-up. The origins of the wisdom and motivation in this book extend to the far corners of the world. If you're like most people who read Wise Words, many of its truths will develop special meanings for you, a good reason to enjoy rereading it often. Wise Words is among Phil Grisolia's proudest accomplishments as an author. Unlike most authors who write solely to entertain their readers, Grisolia wrote Wise Words to motivate, inspire and encourage readers - as well as to keep them genuinely entertained by presenting them with a veritable feast of food-for-thought, stimulating ideas they could think about at their leisure. Even before he was a teenager, Grisolia became fascinated by the power of words, what they could accomplish, how they could change events, shape history, even reshape people's lives. So captivated was he by the ability of words to influence people and events that he began collecting the motivational quotation he came across. That process lasted more than 50 years, gathering over 3,000 such sayings. His passion for words and the countless things they can accomplish also led Grisolia into his twin professions, award-winning writer and inspired educator.