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

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.

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

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

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

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

Live your life and forget your age.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.