We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.
There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.'
I opened my mouth, then shut it, then, very slowly, I held my hands up in front of me.
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.
It's takin' whatever comes your way, the good AND the bad, that give life flavor. It's all the stuff rolled together that makes life worth livin'.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.