"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."

"To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible."

"Compassion and love are not mere luxuries. As the source of both inner and external peace, they are fundamental to the continued survival of our species."

"The only real failure in life is one not learned from."

"Alimony is a system by which, when two people make a mistake, one of them keeps paying for it."

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

"All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust."

"Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction."

"To be loved, be lovable."

"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it."

"The secret of happiness is this: Let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather that hostile."

"He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which."