“If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base, and sordid creature, no matter how successful.”

“How much does a man live, after all?/ Does he live a thousand days, or one only?
For a week, or for several centuries?/ How long does a man spend dying?/ What does it mean to say 'for ever'?”

“I’ve always believed that the real measure of celebrity success is not just how famous he becomes, but what he does with that fame and fortune.”

“No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.”

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

“The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.”

“Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.”

“That it does not matter what a man believes is a statement heard on every side today. … What he believes tells him what the world is for. How can men who disagree about what the world is for agree about any of the minutiae of daily conduct? The statement really means that it does not matter what a man believes so long as he does not take his beliefs seriously.”

“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.”

“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.”