Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection-that is the last and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

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.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

Never tell her that something is impossible, because she'll kill herself proving you wrong.

Nations are not poor or rich because of their wealth but exceptional morality.

She laughed - a bit louder than I could have wished in my frail state of health, but then she is always a woman who tends to bring plaster falling from the ceiling when amused.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.

Pound notes are the best religion in the world.

I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles.

Cherish your family connections. They are one of God's greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship.

Neither the wrath of Heaven nor the attacks of enemies are as fatal as Pleasure alone when she infects the mind.