The fact that beauty is at one and the same time without cost and above price, robs it of the curse of possessiveness.

All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true.

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself.

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life.

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.

Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when it grows from doubt.

When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered.

Resisting change does not change the truth that change is constantly happening.

If you have a vision and there is no job title for it yet. That's a vision right there!

On the Rolling Stones - You will walk out of the Amphitheatre after watching the Stones perform and suddenly the Chicago stockyards smell clean and good by comparison.

The grace of life is gratefulness.

Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless.

I've had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse - touch wood.

The world's becoming a museum of socialist failures.

I really believe that we have the power to manifest our own fates.

People keep telling us about their love affairs, when what we really want to know is how much money they make and how they manage on it.

Here's what my love affair with quotations has taught me: the more you focus on words that uplift you, the more you embody the ideas contained in those words.