My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

My life is not unlike Truman’s. I can’t go anywhere.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

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

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

Death is a fearful thing.

The older you get, the better you get.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Prime time for men is, say, 35 to 45. Then they level off and fall off.

Over the years I’ve seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.

If you like it you should enjoy it! Moderation in everything. If there’s things you really love, you should enjoy. You get one life, so you should enjoy it.

Every man is his own hell.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

I’m so old, I don’t buy green bananas any more.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what’s going to happen. It’s one of the most beautiful things in life, but it’s one of the most terrifying. It’s worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don’t necessarily merit fear.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.

Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?

I really believed that fear is contagious.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I’m getting a little older. I see now that I’m taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

Passions are the gales of life.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

I have the problems of, I must confess, old age.

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Age doesn’t bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It’s the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age that I am.

Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

I’m afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same.

I’ve been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It’s natural.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

The world itself is the will to power – and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power – and nothing else!

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

I’m afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. I’m afraid they’ll mock me, think I’m ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the ‚light-hearted‘ Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the ‚deeper‘ Anne is too weak.

Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure.

Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life.

Mortality is very different when you’re 20 to when you’re 50.

Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

I’m really looking forward to seeing what life brings to me.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

My whole life and my whole career, even through my music, I tell people: let’s unify; let’s show more love.

Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.