Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

I had no blood relatives till I made some.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

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.

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