Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.
Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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 would please me best if, at the last, a marble stone shall record that this Queen having lived such and such a time, lived and died a virgin.
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.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air
The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.
Time is the best killer.
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.