What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?

Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age.

Herman Hesse

In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Francis Bacon

Sometimes we hold on to our possessions because we fear we might run out - life seems scarce. But when we believe that giving is the way to live, we will produce more in the future - life seems abundant.

John C. Maxwell

I would lay down everything I possess, even my soul, for you. If that isn't love, it's the best I have.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

Annette Bening

Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love.

Glenn Beck

There are multitudes whose life is nothing but a continuous lottery; who are always within a few months of plenty and happiness, and how often soever they are mocked with blanks, expect a prize from the next adventure

Samuel Johnson

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Quintilian

Love is an illness which doesn't have good nor recompense.

Ali Bin Abi Thalib

Money does not guarantee success.

Jose Mourinho

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Lisa Loeb

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

Jules Verne