Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Live simply so others may simply live.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

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

We all owe death a life.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

Life must be lived as play.

I am not young enough to know everything.

In the end, everything is a gag.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

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

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.