You spend the first two-thirds of your life asking to be left alone and the last third not having to ask.

Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.

People are resilient. After all, every person born has recovered from nine months on life support.

The Lord gives us friends to push us to our potential — and enemies to push us beyond it.

I like friends who, when you tell them you need a moment alone, know enough not to stray too far.

One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings.

The happiest memories are of moments that ended when they should have.