Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.
Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.
On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.
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 gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.
All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.
Time is the best killer.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.
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.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose