Lily Tomlin

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.

We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.

All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.

I’m really clear about what my life mission is now. There’s no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I’ve returned to the athlete I once was. I’m integrating all the parts of me – jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher – and becoming stronger as a result.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

… be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination … you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.

You’ve got to be before you can do and do before you can have.

If you put that effort in, you’ll get what you want.

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole–the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives — you’ll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration. We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change.

If you have to eat a frog, don’t look at it for too long.

We will either find a way or make one.

Stumbling is not the same as falling.

I like to keep mobile. It keeps my mind awake.

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!