"He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life."
"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live."
"The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it."
"I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence."
"The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence."
"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
"Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not."
"In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices."
"My greatest beauty secret is being happy with myself. I don't use special creams or treatments - I'll use a little bit of everything. It's a mistake to think you are what you put on yourself. I believe that a lot of how you look is to do with how you feel about yourself and your life. Happiness is the greatest beauty secret."
"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."
"I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the man goes on top and the woman underneath.' For three years my husband and I slept in bunk beds."
"Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing."
"I like people that enjoy life, 'cause I do the same."
"No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life."
"I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected."
"The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity."
"Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it!"
"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen."
"There is more to life than increasing its speed."
"Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them."
"Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead."
"Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides."
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
"The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me."
"One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others."
"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'"
"We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right."
"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite."
"I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life."