On Fashion
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
On Courage
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear."
On the Importance of Laughter
"Humour is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place."
On Being Told You Can't
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
On Helping Others
"The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up."
On Loving Yourself
"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself."
On Coping with Your Feelings
"Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours."
On Living Life to the Fullest
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
On Morality
"Always do right--this will gratify some and astonish the rest."
On Kindness
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read."
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