To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

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

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

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.