Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.
Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.
Pain don't hurt.
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.
I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.
Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.
The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
