Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often 'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.'

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

Certain signs precede certain events.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.