A life not lived for others is not a life.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them

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.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

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

What goes up must come down.

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.

Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

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.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.