Fish," the old man said. "Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

I try to be rational and suppress the hope that this is for real, but hope has a way of closing its eyes to reason and it just keeps growing.

I feel like one of those cartoon characters helplessly following the scent of something yummy when I’m near him.

Life is choice. You can choose to be who you dream to be or not to be. It all lies in the choice you make every day!

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

how peaceful a bedroom is without a man in it.

What the Yankees need is a second base coach.

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy.

Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship and service to God.

The missing aren't missing, they're only departed, All minds keep all thoughts - so like gold - closely guarded.