“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.”

Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

Happiness is not a tangible thing, it’s a byproduct – a byproduct of achievement.

In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.

You smell like my mother when she is happy.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race-unhappily.

Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.

It’s lovely to see people so happy.