When To Ask for Advice
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.” —Erica Jong
Take Advantage of Opportunities While You Can
“My advice for life: Dance and sing your song while the party is still on.” —Rasheed Ogunlaru
Why Marlon Brando Was In Hollywood
“The only reason I’m in Hollywood is that I don’t have the moral courage to refuse the money.” —Marlon Brando
Our Responsibility to All Living Creatures
“When you meet chimps you meet individual personalities. When a baby chimp looks at you it’s just like a human...
How to Feel Secure
“The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be...
Doing Your Best—with Insecurities
“Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.” —Harold W. Dodds
Are Actors and Actresses as Secure as They Seem?
“Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor’s trade.” —Miranda Richardson
How to Overcome Insecurities
“The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be...
What Are the Most Powerful Weapons for Children?
“Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.” —Malala Yousafzai
What Are Whoopi Goldberg’s Pet Peeves?
“I don’t have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.” —Whoopi Goldberg
Where Does Wisdom Come From?
“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.” —Terry Pratchett
Definition of Hope According to Desmond Tutu
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” —Desmond Tutu
Hachiko’s Remarkable Love
“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.” —Oscar Wilde
Why Winston Churchill Was an Optimist
“I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” —Winston Churchill
How to Tell If You’re an Optimist or Pessimist
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his...
One Reason the Weak Can Never Forgive
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” —Mahatma Gandhi
Don’t Cling to Your Mistakes
“Don’t cling to a mistake just because it took you a long time to make it.” —Aubrey de Grey
Why Penguins Deserve to Outlast the World
“Imagine penguins and sea leopards outlasting the whole works. Well, probably they deserve to. Especially penguins. I don’t think they...
One Reason Not Want to Tell the Truth to Others
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” —Freedrich Nietzsche
How to Shake Up the World
“O, that my tongue were in the thunder’s mouth! Then with a passion would I shake the world.” —William Shakespeare
How Do Ants Ruin All the Picnics?
“If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?” —Marie Dressler
Why Complaining Is Not a Strategy
“Complaining is not a strategy. You have to work with the world as you find it, not as you would...
Why Love Never Hurts According to Liam Neeson
“Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets...
How to Change the World
“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” —Malala Yousafzai
The Hardest Thing to Do After Lunch in New Orleans
“The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.” —Harry Anderson
What’s the Greatest Use of Your Life?
“The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” —William James
The One Thing You Need to Know About Happiness
“Happiness is a direction, not a place.” —Sydney J. Harris
Better to Fail with Honor Than Succeed by Fraud
“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.” —Sophocles
A Great Reason to Walk in the Rain
“I like walking in the rain because nobody can see my tears.” —Charlie Chaplin
Rodney Dangerfield on Stupidity
“I come from a stupid family. My father worked in a bank. They caught him stealing pens.” —Rodney Dangerfield
What Happens When You Limit Yourself
“If you limit yourself only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and...
How to Measure the Importance of Your Life
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. —Jackie Robinson
One Way to Keep Flying Towards Your Goals
“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.” —Coco Chanel
The Biggest Problem with Telling a Story
“The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.” —Sid...
How to Know When You Can Be Good
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” —John Steinbeck
You Don’t Have to Sing, Dance, or Act to Succeed
“I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.” —David Letterman
What Makes Justin Bieber “Normal”?
“I’m just a regular 16 year old kid. I make good grilled cheese and I like girls.” —Justin Bieber
Do You Love Dogs or People More?
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” —Charles de Gaulle
How Much Does Your Doggie Love You?
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.” —Josh Billings
What to Say When People Put You Down
“When people say they can’t see anything good in you, HUG them—because life can be very difficult for the blind.”...
Russell Crowe’s Opinion of Beer
“I have respect for beer.” —Russell Crowe (Image credit: Caroline Bonarde Ucci + quote added)
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Your Troubles
“Nothing in this world is permanent, not even our troubles.” Charlie Chaplin
