“Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”

“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

“You may be 38 years old… And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid…. You refuse to do it because you want to…

“Here are some questions I am constantly noodling over: Do you splurge or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it’s your last or do you save your money on the chance you’ll live twenty more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be…

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”