Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

All sport ... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

I am not young enough to know everything.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.