All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

For life in general, there is but one decree: youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

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

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Pain don't hurt.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

Life must be lived as play.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

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

The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

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

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.