I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

All of us are products of our childhood.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

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

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

All sport ... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

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.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.