Red Skelton

"The show is so honest that I'm embarrassed to do it sometimes."

"Generosity is the flower of justice."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"True strength is being gentle when you have every reason not to be."

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

"Dreams are the touchstones of our characters."

"Beauty is as beauty does."

"We learn from failure, not from success."

"The power to help others is the greatest power of all."

"Money doesn't buy happiness, but it sure takes the pain out of being poor."

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being."

"By perseverance, the snail reached the ark."

"Change is the only thing that never changes."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."

"Science is organized knowledge."

"Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence."

"War is a young man's game and an old man's folly."

"The only true failure is the failure to try."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others is immortal."

"Do not wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect."

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

"The greatest gift is the gift of time."

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

"Silence is sometimes the loudest statement."

"Every atom of your being is made of stardust."

"The child in all of us needs to stay alive."