A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim".
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that you live, if you do.
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.