The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

I am not young enough to know everything.

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.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

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.

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

There's place and means for every man alive.

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

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

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

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.

A life not lived for others is not a life.

Life's a journey, not a destination.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

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

To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting.