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

“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?”

“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.”

“I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”

“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.”

“Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.”

“One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.”

“My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.”

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself.”

“Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.”

“A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.”

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”

“I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.”

“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.”

“I bear a charmed life.”

“Life well spent is long.”

“I'm most proud of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, in my life. He's given me the vision to truly see that you can fall down, but you can still get back up. Hopefully I'll learn from my mistakes and have the opportunity to strengthen and improve the next thing I do.”

“Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?”

“I had no blood relatives till I made some.”

“We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.”

“What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.”