I think we have much more to say about what happens to us than most people believe.

Taking responsibility gives me a sense of control.

It's a cliche - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well.

I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.

I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it. Those who turn sad faces toward the world find only sadness…

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.

In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world.