it wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short.

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.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.

There are no reasons for my photographs, nor any rules; all depends on the mood of the moment.

Snowman wakes before dawn.

It makes no difference whether they be Catholics, Orthodox, Copts or Protestants. They are Christians! Their blood is one and the same. Their blood confesses Christ.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

Life's greatest setbacks reveal life's biggest opportunities.