I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

To succeed in life you need five things – a burning desire, a willingness to do whatever it takes, wisdom, incredible effort, and a commitment to never ending improvement.

Passion for books is pleasurable.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.

There's nothing quite so irritating to an author as a family member's easy confidence that, of course, the book will come.

Visualize, 'prayerize', 'actionize', and your wishes will come true.

Not only has the eyes taken over, but we have anaesthetised the ears through all the muzak that we hear all the time.

I've matured as a person and so has the music... It's gotten more sophisticated and interesting I think.

To memorize something,it's best to write it down.

She was so ugly she could make a mule back away from an oat bin.