Problems may only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment may only be gained by experiencing life's problems.

It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends.

You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start.

Some people are born into wonderful families. Others have to find or create them. Being a member of a family is a priceless membership that we pay nothing for but love.

Laughter is good medicine for the soul. Our world is desperately in need of more medicine.

... sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh.

In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others.