“The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.”

“Life takes its path and sometimes there are people to blame. Of course there are bad people in this world. Good, bad, it happens unfortunately. But in a way I think if there was more focus on the good, more good would happen.”

“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”

“Character develops itself in the stream of life.”

“Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.”

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

“Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.”

“Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.”

“Life has a higher end, than to be amused.”

“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.”

“Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.”

“The person lives twice who lives the first life well.”

“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”

“The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?”

“Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.”

“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.”

“My life is my message.”

“Every man is the architect of his own life. He builds it just the way he wants it. However, after he has built what he wants, he sometimes decides that he doesn't like what he has built and looks for someone or something to blame instead of changing himself.”

“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.”

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”