By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

As learnèd commentators viewIn Homer more than Homer knew.

Success didn't spoil me I've always been insufferable.

There are but two ways of rising in the world: either by one's own industry or profiting by the foolishness of others.

All things are possible to one who believes.

I like to laze around. I think that's a huge part of creativity. You have to let your mind relax and then another part of your brain suddenly connects with the solution you're trying to find.

It should be up to each bar owner and patron to decide if they want to smoke or not.

Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and ... absolutely nothing else.

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.

Poetry's always dead, you know? You don't realize how good poetry is until 15 years later.

Turning toward what you deeply love saves you