Eddie Cantor

"The mind is the greatest performer on any stage."

"What we give to others, we give to ourselves."

"Life's greatest lessons come from our mistakes."

"The capacity to love is humanity's greatest strength."

"Success without purpose is just achievement."

"Joy is found in simplicity, not complexity."

"We teach best what we most need to learn."

"The future belongs to those who believe in it."

"Act as if you are already who you wish to become."

"Peace is the result of understanding, not agreement."

"The most valuable currency is trust."

"Creativity thrives in environments of acceptance."

"You cannot pour from an empty cup; care for yourself first."

"The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well."

"I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better."

"A man's got to make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it."

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime, but give him a lottery ticket and he'll stop working altogether."

"Talent is something, but persistence is everything."

"The greatest thing about being an optimist is that you're rarely disappointed."

"We should all make a point to do something nice for somebody every day."

"Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics were written wrong."

"Money is not the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the scale of importance."

"I like my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while."

"The real measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get."

"A man who doesn't read has no advantage over a man who can't read."

"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved."

"The only way to get back on your feet is to get off your behind."

"Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body."

"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road."