“Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.”

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.

Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.

Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.

Few of us get anything without working for it.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.

Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.

An idea isn’t worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

If you’re naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don’t like.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help.

A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it.

It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.

I take a cooking class everywhere I travel. I find it’s the best way to get to know a culture.

If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you’ll find it.

It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation.

Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?

I find it quite easy to play chords, and, you know, that was all I ever did. I never wanted to be a lead guitarist.

Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you’ll see the way to fly.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.