Life’s a bit like mountaineering – never look down.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

I don’t like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.

A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

It’s possible – you can never know – that the universe exists only for me. If so, it’s sure going well for me, I must admit.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn’t have anything. It’s influenced the way I look at the world.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

You’re going to die. You’re going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we’re just going to be gone. The world’s going to go on without us. All right now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself you decide for yourself.

What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Of course humans like to explore, and we should. There’s nothing wrong with that. But it’s more than that. It’s essential for your children and your children’s children.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.

I never think about myself as an artist working in this time. I think about it in macro.

People think, because we’re young, we aren’t complex, but that’s not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.

When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It’s just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

When you are younger, you want to do everything, and you go haywire.

Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret.

I don’t go down the road of condemning.

Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life… Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

I always knew that St. Jude was an amazing organization but meeting the kids and seeing how the hospital works first hand was truly beautiful. It doesn’t feel like a regular hospital all dreary and sad. It’s a colorful, beautiful, comfortable, fun place to live and the energy is wonderful.

Had I pursued my education long enough to learn all the conventional dos and don’ts of starting a business, I often wonder how different my life and career might have been.

Rebellion is what you make of it. When you’ve been on a tour bus for two months straight, and then you get in your car and drive wherever you want, that can feel rebellious.

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It’s called living.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.