Carla Tortelli

"Wisdom is knowing the difference between clever and right."

"Love doesn't conquer all - stupidity does."

"Happiness is a choice, even when the world gives you lemons."

"Success is measured by who shows up at your funeral."

"Friends are the family you choose to tolerate."

"Family drama never ends, it just gets more interesting with age."

"Hope dies last, usually right after the bartender cuts you off."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"The only constant is change, and taxes, and death."

"Education teaches you facts; life teaches you truth."

"Knowledge without compassion is just cruelty with footnotes."

"Time is the one thing you can't get back, so don't waste it."

"The truth hurts because we're usually wrong about ourselves."

"Freedom is just another word for being responsible for your choices."

"Peace is what you find when you stop fighting."

"Nature doesn't care about your problems - it just keeps growing."

"Art is lying beautifully about what's real."

"Science is just a fancy way of saying we don't know yet."

"Music makes the pain bearable and the joy unbearable."

"Faith is the luxury of the desperate."

"Leadership is doing what needs to be done, not what's popular."

"Work is what keeps us from thinking about death."

"Dreams are the only place where impossible becomes possible."

"Humor is crying with a better costume."

"Beauty is nature's way of making you forget to think."

"Death is life's way of teaching us priorities."

"Perseverance is stubbornness that paid off."

"Gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"Creativity is connecting dots that shouldn't connect."

"Justice is what we'd have if everyone played fair."