Johnny Carson

"I'd rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained."

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting."

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."

"To live is to choose, but to choose well is what life is really about."

"Never underestimate the power of a good laugh."

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that people can alter their lives by altering their attitudes."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"I think the most important thing in life is not where you are, but who you're with."

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."

"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."

"I've always tried to be fair but firm with people."

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

"Education is the most powerful weapon."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned."

"I believe there is no greater power than the power to laugh."

"The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important."

"The greatest wealth is peace of mind."

"Every day brings new choices and new opportunities."

"I'd like to be remembered as someone who had a good heart."

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

"There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything."

"I think humor is the salt of life."

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."

"I've always believed the greatest gift you can give someone is your time."