Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle read more

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. -Samuel Ullman.

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour.

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a read more

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very read more

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life

The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind some people dying all the time read more

The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind some people dying all the time or maybe only starving some of the time which isn't half so bad if it isn't you.

Cats and monkeys -- monkeys and cats -- all human life is there.

Cats and monkeys -- monkeys and cats -- all human life is there.

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart read more

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.