Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

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

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess.

This is an epiphany moment, I can either sink or swim

I thought you only had eyes for your ship.” God, she was beautiful. “Until I met you.

Sometimes there were troubles but no one can be a hero without the heart being torn open.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

There are actors who just bring an enormous amount of empathy. They just have that"it" that makes you want to follow them and root for them.

I always seemed to be in the right place at the wrong time.

People like me and Ozu get films made by hard work, but Shimizu is a genius.

A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to be relieved of fear and frustration.

I have nothing against rich people. In fact, I've been struggling most of my life to join them.