"Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company."
— Mark Twain

"Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
— Albert Einstein

"we must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives"
— John F. Kennedy

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln

"I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it is because in addition to the fact that the sea changes and the light changes, and ships change, it is because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it we are going back from whence we came"
— John F. Kennedy

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by 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."
— Mark Twain

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough"
— Mae West

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho)

"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 to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate 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 that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
— Bessie Anderson Stanley

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
— Maya Angelou

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
— Shel Silverstein

"Women are like teabags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
— Robert A. Heinlein

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."
— Confucius

"I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much."
— Mother Teresa

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."
— Maya Angelou

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."
— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels."
— Ann Richards

"We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. "
— Robert H. Shaffer