“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”

“The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.”

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”

“Bad things do happen how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.”

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”

“Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.”

“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”

“There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.”