“Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.”

“I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

“Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.”

“People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.”

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.”

“No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.”

“A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.”

“Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.”

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

“A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.”

“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.”

“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”

“It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.”

“People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.”

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

“You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.”

“Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.”

“Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.”

“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.”

“I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.”

“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”