What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

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.'

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen'

Life must be lived as play.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

My art and profession is to live.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

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.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.