The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.

The devil could change. He was once an angel and may be evolving still.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it!

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

As popular as Christmas is, it would be even bigger if it had vampires.

Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

You're such a cynic," Molly said. "I think cynics are playful and cute.

Away with the world's opinion of you-it's always unsettled and divided.

Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character.

The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination.

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear.

May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.

What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.

The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved.

We can have more than we've got because we can become more than we are.

What's old collapses, times change, And new life blossoms in the ruins.

Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

What we may think is funny or cute may end up being powerfully hurtful.

Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts.

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

I bought an ideal gift for my mother-in-law - a battery-operated mouth.

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.

There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.

The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.

Someone told me the smile on my face gets bigger when I play the guitar.

If you take the responsibility for your life, you can start changing it.

It's not all about having the perfect body, perfect hair, perfect smile.

It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone.

If you force yourself to smile, within a couple minutes, you feel happy.

Christmas cards ... are technically only junk mail from people you know.

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