Elizabeth T. King

I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort.
- Elizabeth T. King

Julia Sorel

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.
- Julia Sorel

Henry Miller

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.
- Henry Miller

Jack Handey

"Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth you'd probably be able to get a lot of free games."

- Jack Handey

Johann von Goethe

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.
- Johann von Goethe

Arthur Schopenhauer

What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

Oprah Winfrey

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
- Oprah Winfrey

George Washington

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
- George Washington

Louis Pasteur

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
- Louis Pasteur

Charles Darwin

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
- Charles Darwin

Mother Teresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is life, fight for it!
- Mother Teresa

Chinese Proverb

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb

John F. Kennedy

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
- John F. Kennedy

John Gaule

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.
- John Gaule

Robert Frost

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
- Robert Frost

Albert Einstein

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
- Albert Einstein

Baudelaire

A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.
- Baudelaire

Abraham Lincoln

I have one vice, and I can call it nothing else: it is not to be able to say "No." Thank God for not making me a woman, but if He had, I suppose He would have made me just as ugly as He did, and no one would ever have tempted me.

- Abraham Lincoln

Harriet Woods

You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.
- Harriet Woods

Norman MacFinan

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
- Norman MacFinan

Ayn Rand

"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong."
- Ayn Rand

George Bernard Shaw

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw

Gore Vidal

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
- Gore Vidal

John Steinbeck

You see sir; death is an intellectual matter, but dying is pure pain.
- John Steinbeck

Jonathan Swift

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
- Jonathan Swift

P. J. O'Rourke

There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.
- P. J. O'Rourke

Helen Keller

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
- Helen Keller

Truman Capote

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
- Truman Capote

Mark Twain

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain