Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

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.

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.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Life's a journey, not a destination.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

love the life you live.live the life you love.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

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

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

The less you know, the more you believe.