I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

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.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg crackles as if she had laid an asteroid.

A good joke is the one ultimate and sacred thing which cannot be criticized.

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men—the other 999 follow women.

Laugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live.

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Never eat more than you can lift.

To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Reality doesn't go away when it is ignored.

My anger is more likely to do me more harm than your wrong.

The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young, shall never see so much, nor live so long.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.

If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and they will come forth later in uglier ways.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live accordingly to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.

Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength, there is strength, and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.