Youth is always an enemy to the old.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

Who, being loved, is poor?

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.

I would still be singing, because it's part of my heart and my soul, and it lifts me up. Find something you would do for free.

God doesn't do things halfway. He goes all out! When God does something, it's not just barely enough, mediocre or lukewarm.

We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.

Olympism is not a system - it is a state of mind. This state of mind has emerged from a double cult: that of effort and that of Eurythmy - a taste of excess and a taste of measure combined.

Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody's reach, And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech.

Our legal and political culture has created a bias in the law that borders on censorship against reading, displaying, or quoting the Bible.

The most dangerous thing for an actor is to refuse to listen to anyone else, to feel you know more than anybody.

I don't have an assistant. I make a lot of people around me my slaves, but no assistant.