“Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.”

“Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short. You got to take what comes.”

“You've no idea how long life goes on and how many, many changes it brings. Young people seem to imagine that it's over in a flash, that they do this thing, or that thing, and then die, but I can assure you they are quite wrong.”

“You can achieve anything in life. It just depends on how desperate you are to achieve it.”

“However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Where there's life, there's hope.”

“Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It's never easy when there's so much on the line.”

“How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem, when at the same time it's so slow and sweet and everlasting.”

“In this country … men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.”

“I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain”

“Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order. A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives.”