Editor's picks

“Life is not an exact science, it is an art.”

— Samuel Butler

“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.”

— Samuel Butler

“Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.”

— Samuel Butler

“No problem is too big to run away from.”

— Charles Schulz

“Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.”

— Charles Schulz

“No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.”

— Lillie Langtry

“Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.”

— Anthony Hopkins

“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.”

— Scott Hamilton

“Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.”

— Josh Billings

“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”

— Josh Billings

“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”

— Sholem Aleichem

“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”

— Albert Camus

“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”

— Albert Camus

“Children make your life important.”

— Erma Bombeck

“Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.”

— Harvey Fierstein

“Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.”

— Harvey Fierstein

“Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.”

— Erich Fromm

“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.”

— Erich Fromm

“I learned the value of hard work by working hard.”

— Margaret Mead

“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”

— Margaret Mead

“Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.”

— Mike Tyson

“As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.”

— Mike Tyson

“I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.”

— Mike Tyson

“Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.”

— Fran Lebowitz

“The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”

— Fran Lebowitz

“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”

— Abdul Kalam

“Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

— Abdul Kalam

“Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.”

— Abdul Kalam