Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good morals; it can destroy bad principles and re-create good ones; it can lift men to angelship.
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
Don't let schooling interfere with your education.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
To succeed in life you need two things, Ignorance and Confidence.
Courage is the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
A lie can go halfway around the world before the truth even gets its boots on.
