Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

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

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

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.

Im not in this world to live up to your expectations and youre not in this world to live up to mine.

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

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Certain signs precede certain events.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.