why not seize the pleasure at once? how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation.

one never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

treat people as if they were what they should be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.

do not live to love but love to live and others will love you.

trust your own instinct. your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

it is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

the best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.

people are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.

true modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less.

until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.

i say if it's going to be done, let's do it. let's not put it in the hands of fate. let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. i know me best. then take a breath and go ahead.

i postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

so live that you can look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell.

one always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.

do not seek to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.

you grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.

if you're going through hell, keep going.

when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

fear less, hope more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.

if it's a good idea... go ahead and do it. it is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

it's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.

life begets life. energy creates energy. it is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

i've always tried to go a step past wherever other people expected me to end up.

when you're through changing, you're through.

i am the master of my fate but also the captain of my soul.

true eloquence consists of saying all that should be said, and that only.

discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

miracles happen only to those who believe in them.

you have to have the kind of body that doesn't need a girdle in order to get to pose for one.

i never think of the future. it comes soon enough.

i suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle but today it means getting along with people.

when some folks agree with my opinions i begin to suspect i'm wrong.